Drama ·Music · United States of America · 1981 · 2h 22m

Purlie

Director

Cast

Robert Guillaume as Purlie Melba Moore as Lutiebelle Sherman Hemsley as Gitlow Linda Hopkins as Sister Hopkins Rhetta Hughes as Missy Brandon Maggart as Ol' Cap'n

Crew

John R. Tierney — Editor Robert R. Thiel — Producer Gail Cooper-Hecht — Costume Design

Synopsis

Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.

Mood & Themes

filmed theater

Key Collaborators

Rudi Goldman Director John R. Tierney Editor Robert R. Thiel Producer Gail Cooper-Hecht Costume Design

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