The Color Purple
The Color PurpleCall Number: PN1997 .C656 2011B - DVD 1717 ; DVD B35 ; DVD P79ISBN: 0883929149247Publication Date: 2011 (Originally released in 1985)Set in the early 1900s, tells the story of Celie, a poor black Southern woman, whose friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and husband.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanCall Number: PS3557 .A355 A85 2004 - DVD 1845ISBN: 0074645895390Publication Date: 2005 (Originally released in 1974)The history of blacks in the South as seen through the eyes of a 110-year-old former slave. Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines.
Starring: Cicely Tyson
