Alice Walker
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.
Filmography (16 titles)
MovieThe World According to Allee Willis
Self · 2024
3.7ShowHollywood Black
Self (archive footage) · 2024
10.0MovieDaedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) · 2024
3.3MovieOprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self · 2023
MovieWhen I See Them, I See Us
2021
MovieFlannery
Self · 2019
5.1MovieRenegade: The Life Story of David Icke
Self · 2019
MovieYemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
Narrator · 2015
3.5MovieAlice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self · 2013
10.0MovieLong Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self · 2013
MovieIn Prison My Whole Life
Self · 2008
6.7MovieHoward Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Self · 2004
4.5MovieA Place of Rage
Self · 1991
MovieVisions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker
Self · 1989
MovieGotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
Self · 1983
7.0MovieKudzu
Self/Author · 1977