Alice Walker

Writer

Born: February 9, 1944 (age 82)
From: Eatonton, Georgia, USA

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah…

Filmography (15)

The World According to Allee Willis (2024)
Self
Daedalus (2024)
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey (2023)
Self
When I See Them, I See Us (2021)
Flannery (2019)
Self
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke (2019)
Self
Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil (2015)
Narrator
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)
Self
In Prison My Whole Life (2008)
Self
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Self
A Place of Rage (1991)
Self
Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker (1989)
Self
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock (1983)
Self
Kudzu (1977)
Self/Author