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From The Struggle To Liberation: A Critical Analysis Of The Film The Color Purple, Rebecca Matlock
From The Struggle To Liberation: A Critical Analysis Of The Film The Color Purple, Rebecca Matlock
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This paper critiques and analyzes The Color Purple movie. The Color Purple movie released in 1985 is based on the 16982 novel written by author Alice Walker (Jones & Spielberg, 1985). The movie sheds light on he struggles that African American females faced as their reality in the 1930s. This paper begins with a brief overview of the movie discussing the context of the movie. The paper then discusses four intercultural concepts that is significantly related to the movie. The four concepts are: cultural norms, identity, self-awareness, and discrimination. From an intercultural communication view, the movie impacts, viewers by making …