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Casting

Director

Steven Spielberg

Producer

Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Carole Isenberg

Executive Producer

Jon Peters, Peter Guber

Screenplay

Menno Meyjes

Novel

Alice Walker

Original Music Composer

Quincy Jones

Director of Photography

Allen Daviau

Editor

Michael Kahn

Production Design

J. Michael Riva

Art Direction

Bo Welch

Set Decoration

Linda DeScenna

Costume Design

Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Makeup Artist

Richard Alonzo

Danny Glover
Danny GloverAlbert
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi GoldbergCelie
Margaret Avery
Margaret AveryShug Avery
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah WinfreySofia
Willard E. Pugh
Willard E. PughHarpo
Akosua Busia
Akosua BusiaNettie
Desreta Jackson
Desreta JacksonYoung Celie
Adolph Caesar
Adolph CaesarOld Mr.
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn ChongSqueak
Dana Ivey
Dana IveyMiss Millie
Leonard Jackson
Leonard JacksonPa
Bennet Guillory
Bennet GuilloryGrady
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John Patton Jr.Preacher
Carl Anderson
Carl AndersonReverend Samuel
Susan Beaubian
Susan BeaubianCorrine
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James TillisBuster
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Phillip StrongMayor
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence FishburneSwain
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Peto KinsakaAdam
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Lelo MasambaOlivia
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Margaret FreemanOdessa
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Howard StarrYoung Harpo
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Daphaine OliverYoung Olivia
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Jadili JohnsonYoung Adam
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Lillian Njoki DistefanoYoung Tashi
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Donna BuieDaisy
Leon Rippy
Leon RippyStore Clerk
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John R. HartMailman
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David ThomasRoad Gang Leader
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Carrie MurphyLoretta
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Juliet PoeChurch Sister
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Katie SimonChurch Sister
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Ethel TaylorChurch Sister
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Marcus CovingtonBoy
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Marcus LilesBoo
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April MyersEmma
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Maurice MooreChild #1
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Lechanda LatharpChild #2
Drew Bundini Brown
Drew Bundini BrownJook Joint Patron
Arnold F. Turner
Arnold F. TurnerJook Joint Patron
Jeris Poindexter
Jeris PoindexterJook Joint Patron
Hawthorne James
Hawthorne JamesJook Joint Patron
Sonny Terry
Sonny TerryJook Joint Musician
Greg Phillinganes
Greg PhillinganesJook Joint Musician
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Roy GainesJook Joint Musician
Paulinho da Costa
Paulinho da CostaAfrican Musician
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Nana Yaw AsieduAfrican Musician
Clarence Avant
Clarence AvantAfrican Musician
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Bayo MartinAfrican Musician
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Ndugu ChandlerAfrican Musician
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Jeffrey KwashiAfrican Musician
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Pete MunzhiAfrican Musician
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Aniijia Rae SchockleyAfrican Musician
Maria Howell
Maria HowellChurch Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Gayle King
Gayle KingChurch-goer (uncredited)