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.
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Writing | Alice Walker | Novel |
| Writing | Menno Meyjes | Screenplay |
| Production | Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Producer |
| Production | Kathleen Kennedy | Producer |
| Production | Quincy Jones | Producer |
| Production | Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carole Isenberg | Producer |
| Production | Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Art | J. Michael Riva | Production Design |
| Art | Bo Welch | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Alonzo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Linda DeScenna | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Robert Samuels | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Andraé Crouch | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Randy Kerber | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jorge Calandrelli | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Joel Rosenbaum | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Fred Steiner | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jerry Hey | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
| Sound | Rod Temperton | Songs |
| Writing | Quincy Jones | Lyricist |
| Writing | Rod Temperton | Lyricist |
| Writing | Lionel Richie | Lyricist |
| Sound | Andraé Crouch | Songs |
| Sound | David Del Sesto | Songs |
| Sound | Bill Maxwell | Songs |
| Crew | Dana Dru Evenson | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Alan L. Nineberg | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
