Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Synopsis: Feature film documentary. Alice Walker made history as the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her groundbreaking novel, The Color Purple. Her early life unfolded in the midst of violent racism and poverty during some of the most turbulent years of profound social and political changes in North American history during the civil rights movement. Mixing powerful archival footage with testimonials from friends and colleagues audiences are shown the life and art of an artist, intellectual, self-confessed renegade and human rights activist.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2015
Year of production: 2013
Subjects: Social Studies; History; Literature; Women’s studies
Keywords: civil rights; United States of America; social action; black Americans; activism

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Notes: US company distributing independent films by and about women. The collection consists of more than 500 documentary, experimental, animation, dramatic and mixed-genre titles. The films and videotapes represent a diversity of styles, subjects and perspectives in women’s lives.

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