Take it from Danielle Brooks, who has been side by side with Winfrey promoting "The Color Purple" (in ... the volcanic role of Sofia, who refuses to be pushed around by husband Harpo (Corey ...

and later her husband (Colman Domingo) when two fiery women Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson) and Sofia (Danielle Brooks) enter her life. But director Blitz Bazawule's version of "The Color Purple ...

It's the moment where Celie (Fantasia Barrino) finds her voice and the courage to stand up to her abusive husband ... Color Purple,” and was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Sofia ...

A new version of "The Color Purple" hits ... previously starred as Sofia in the Broadway musical adaptation, which earned her a Tony Award nomination. Celie's abusive husband, Albert "Mister ...

Going to see The Color Purple ... she’d kill her husband before she let him beat her. But that’s because, for us, it’s not about the beating. It’s about the strength Sofia showed, the ...

The latest rendering of "The Color Purple," the movie musical ... That includes Colman Domingo as Celie's abuser husband, known as Mister; Danielle Brooks as Sofia, the no-nonsense wife of ...

She endured years of abuse at the hands of her husband, Mister ... and notable performances in the original "The Color Purple" as Sofia, an outspoken and devoted mother. Sofia's brazen and ...

In its many incarnations, “The Color ... s cruel husband. Musician-turned-filmmaker Blitz Bazawule talks about transforming Alice Walker’s deeply moving book “The Color Purple” into ...

unveiled Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of The Color Purple at its premiere in New ... Celie becomes quite literally a slave to her husband, demeaned and mistreated in every possible way; his ...

The Color Purple ... an abusive husband (Colman Domingo), in Georgia in the early 20th century. However, with the support of Shug (Taraji P. Henson), a sultry jazz singer, and Sofia (Danielle ...

who originally played the role of Sofia in the 1985 production. The upcoming film is an adaptation of The Color Purple stage musical, which was also based on the novel written by Walker ...

Like its central character, Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” has had a long ... s eventual triumph over an abusive husband and a seemingly uncaring world ...