Purlie
Film19812h 22m
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- Director
- Rudi Goldman
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1981-10-12
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
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Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.
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