Purlie(1981)

Name: Purlie
Released: 1981-10-12
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley, Linda Hopkins, Rhetta Hughes

Drama·Musiqa

19812 soat 22 minIMDb 5.3

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.