Purlie

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Release date : 1981-10-12

Production country :
United States of America

Production company :
CBS Productions, Showtime Networks

Durasi : 142 Min.

Popularity : 1

5.33 Total Vote : 3

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.