Alice Walker

Known for WritingBorn 1944-02-09 (age 82)Eatonton, Georgia, USA

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.Read more

Movies & web series

Daedalus

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Everyday Use

Hollywood Black

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Warrior Marks

Kudzu

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Diary of an African Nun

Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke

A Place of Rage

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force

The World According to Allee Willis

When I See Them, I See Us

The Color Purple at Home

Flannery

Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil

In Prison My Whole Life

Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker

Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock