Podcast:Pop Culture Happy Hour Published On: Sun Nov 20 2022 Description: In the final chapter of our special documentary series Screening Ourselves, host Aisha Harris recounts the debates ignited by Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple. The 1985 film is remembered as a fan-favorite centering Black women's lives, but the acclaimed adaptation of Alice Walker's novel was received quite differently among female viewers and male viewers.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy