Films4Tenby will be showing the musical period drama film The Color Purple (2023, 141 mins, cert 12) at the De Valence on 21st May with the doors opening at 6:30 and the film starting at 7pm.
The film is based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker and is the second big-screen adaptation after Steven Spielberg’s in 1985. The film tells the story of Celie, an African-American woman dealing with the hardships of living with an abusive husband in the American South in the early 1900s. Danielle Brooks received nominations for an Oscar/BAFTA/Golden Globe/SAG for her performance as Sofia and the late Louis Gossett Jr co-stars as Old Mister Johnson. As a musical, the film features 17 musical numbers.
Admission is £5 on the evening, £4 for Members, £10 for a Family of Four.