Alice Walker
Biography
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
Known For
Hollywood Black
The World According to Allee Willis
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Daedalus
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
In Prison My Whole Life
Flannery
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
All Movies (15)
- The World According to Allee Willis2024 · as Self
- Daedalus2024 · as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- Oprah & The Color Purple Journey2023 · as Self
- When I See Them, I See Us2021
- Flannery2019 · as Self
- Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke2019 · as Self
- Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil2015 · as Narrator
- Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth2013 · as Self
- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal2013 · as Self
- In Prison My Whole Life2008 · as Self
- Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train2004 · as Self
- A Place of Rage1991 · as Self
- Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker1989 · as Self
- Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock1983 · as Self
- Kudzu1977 · as Self/Author
All TV Shows (1)
- Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)