Purlie
(1981)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 4 votes
Year: 1981
Runtime: 142 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Rudi Goldman
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley, Линда Хопкинс, Rhetta Hughes, Brandon Maggart, Don Scardino, Clarice Taylor, Loretta Abbott, Brenda Braxton
Plot
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.