Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2/7/2014 | 1h 23m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
The first film biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and activist Alice Walker.
"Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth" is the first film biography of writer and activist Alice Walker. Most famous for her seminal novel "The Color Purple" for which she won a Pulitzer Prize, Walker was raised in poverty in the rural South during the violent and seismic social changes of mid-20th century America. Women, poverty and civil rights became the inherent themes in her writing.
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2/7/2014 | 1h 23m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
"Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth" is the first film biography of writer and activist Alice Walker. Most famous for her seminal novel "The Color Purple" for which she won a Pulitzer Prize, Walker was raised in poverty in the rural South during the violent and seismic social changes of mid-20th century America. Women, poverty and civil rights became the inherent themes in her writing.
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Preview
Premieres Friday, February 7, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings (30s)
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Trailer
Alice Walker, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, is a writer and activist. (1m 50s)
Alice Walker Reads from The Color Purple
Alice Walker reads from what she calls "the God section" of her novel "The Color Purple." (1m 15s)
Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker shines light on writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. (2m 29s)
Alice Walker: What's in a Name
Alice Walker talks about her great-great-great-great-grandmother's journey. (55s)
Danny Glover on Alice Walker's Activism
Actor Danny Glover speaks about Alice Walker's work in the context of activism. (55s)
Gloria Steinem on Alice Walker, Her Friend
"It's not possible to separate Alice from her work," says writer Gloria Steinem. (44s)
Going to College on a Segregated Bus
Alice Walker recalls the poignant parting from her father as she left for Spelman College. (1m 26s)
Howard Zinn on Alice Walker, His Former Student
Howard Zinn compares his former student, Alice Walker, to Zora Neale Hurston. (47s)
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