Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
• May 13th, 2013 • 1h 24min
Documentary, History
Overview
The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the twentieth Century.Walker made history as the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her groundbreaking novel, The Color Purple.
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