Alice Walker
KNOWN FOR
The Color Purple, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
AMERICAN MASTERS FILM
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (Feb 2014)Directed by Pratibha Parmar
Written Features
Video Features
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Alice Walker Describes Creativity
Alice Walker describes the act of creation as bliss.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Interview with Film Director Pratibha Parmar
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Alice Walker: What's in a Name
Alice Walker talks about her great-great-great-great-grandmother's journey.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Danny Glover on Alice Walker's Activism
Actor Danny Glover speaks about Alice Walker's work in the context of activism.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Gloria Steinem on Alice Walker, Her Friend
"It's not possible to separate Alice from her work," says writer Gloria Steinem.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Howard Zinn on Alice Walker, His Former Student
Howard Zinn compares his former student, Alice Walker, to Zora Neale Hurston.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Going to College on a Segregated Bus
Alice Walker recalls the poignant parting from her father as she left for Spelman College.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker shines light on writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Alice Walker Reads from The Color Purple
Alice Walker reads from what she calls "the God section" of her novel "The Color Purple."
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