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.
Year 1981
Studio CBS Productions, Showtime Networks
Director Rudi Goldman
Crew Al Perryman (Choreographer), Ray Wright (Orchestrator), Randy Nordstrom (Lighting Director), Kirk Nurock (Music Director), Luther Henderson (Orchestrator), Philip Rose (Musical)
Popularity 1
Language English
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