Purlie
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Purlie
1080pOriginal: Purlie (1981)
TMDB 6.5
Year: 1981
Language: English
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Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.
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#filmed theater
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