LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 16: (L-R) Fantasia Barrino, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Halle Bailey, Danielle Brooks, Scott Sanders, Taraji P. Henson, Rebecca Walker and Aba Arthur accept the Outstanding Motion Picture award for "The Color Purple" onstage during the 55th Annual NAACP Awards at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
The Color Purple team accepted the Outstanding Motion Picture award for their film at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The stars on stage to accept the award were Fantasia Barrino, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Halle Bailey, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Rebecca Walker and Aba Arthur.
Barrino stunned in a white dress with black gloves, Pearl Mpasi went with pink, Bailey celebrated St. Patrick’s Day Eve wearing green, Brooks held the award in a black gown and Henson was all gammed up in yellow. Walker wore sparkles with a lavender coat.
The Color Purple is a film based on the book by Alice Walker. Rebecca Walker is her daughter.
The story focuses on Celie, a black woman from the Jim Crow South. The book was turned into a movie produced by Steven Spielberg in 1985. Then it was made into a Tony Award-winning musical. Now, Oprah Winfrey’s film brings the musical version.
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