Georgia 1909. Celie is jarenlang misbruikt door haar stiefvader en heeft 2 kinderen op de wereld gezet die ze allebei heeft moeten afstaan. Op haar 14e wordt ze uitgehuwelijkt als slaaf aan Albert. Hij maakt alleen maar misbruik van haar. Albert's maitresse zorgt er samen met Sofia voor dat Celie zich tegen Albert kan verweren.
Nee, helaas is De Kleur Paars nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Editing | Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Production | Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Art | Bo Welch | Art Direction |
| Writing | Alice Walker | Novel |
| Writing | Menno Meyjes | Screenplay |
| Art | Linda DeScenna | Set Decoration |
| Art | J. Michael Riva | Production Design |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Production | Kathleen Kennedy | Producer |
| Production | Quincy Jones | Producer |
| Camera | Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Alonzo | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carole Isenberg | Producer |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Producer |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert Samuels | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Joel Rosenbaum | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Randy Kerber | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Andraé Crouch | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Jorge Calandrelli | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jerry Hey | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Fred Steiner | Orchestrator |
| Writing | Quincy Jones | Lyricist |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
| Writing | Rod Temperton | Lyricist |
| Sound | Andraé Crouch | Songs |
| Sound | Bill Maxwell | Songs |
| Sound | David Del Sesto | Songs |
| Writing | Lionel Richie | Lyricist |
| Sound | Rod Temperton | Songs |
| Crew | Dana Dru Evenson | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Alan L. Nineberg | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
