Purlie (1982)
- Directed by
- Rudi Goldman
- Genre
- drama, music
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A preacher returns to a Southern plantation in the early civil rights era to challenge an oppressive landowner and free the sharecroppers. It is a musical adaptation of a stage play set in the segregated South.
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