Purlie

1981 5.3 (3 votes) 2h 22m

Genres

Drama Music

Production Companies

CBS Productions
Showtime Networks

Overview

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.