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Full Cast

Desreta Jackson
Young Celie

Adolph Caesar
Old Mr.

Rae Dawn Chong
Squeak

Dana Ivey
Miss Millie

Leonard Jackson
Pa

Bennet Guillory
Grady

John Patton Jr.
Preacher

Carl Anderson
Reverend Samuel

Susan Beaubian
Corrine

James Tillis
Buster

Phillip Strong
Mayor

Laurence Fishburne
Swain

Peto Kinsaka
Adam

Lelo Masamba
Olivia

Margaret Freeman
Odessa

Howard Starr
Young Harpo

Daphaine Oliver
Young Olivia

Jadili Johnson
Young Adam

Lillian Njoki Distefano
Young Tashi

Donna Buie
Daisy

Leon Rippy
Store Clerk

John R. Hart
Mailman

David Thomas
Road Gang Leader

Carrie Murphy
Loretta

Juliet Poe
Church Sister

Katie Simon
Church Sister

Ethel Taylor
Church Sister

Marcus Covington
Boy

Marcus Liles
Boo

April Myers
Emma

Maurice Moore
Child #1

Lechanda Latharp
Child #2

Drew Bundini Brown
Jook Joint Patron

Arnold F. Turner
Jook Joint Patron

Jeris Poindexter
Jook Joint Patron

Hawthorne James
Jook Joint Patron

Sonny Terry
Jook Joint Musician

Greg Phillinganes
Jook Joint Musician

Roy Gaines
Jook Joint Musician

Paulinho da Costa
African Musician

Nana Yaw Asiedu
African Musician

Clarence Avant
African Musician

Bayo Martin
African Musician

Ndugu Chandler
African Musician

Jeffrey Kwashi
African Musician

Pete Munzhi
African Musician

Aniijia Rae Schockley
African Musician

Maria Howell
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)

Gayle King
Church-goer (uncredited)
Crew
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Michael Kahn
Editor
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Bo Welch
Art Direction
Alice Walker
Novel
Menno Meyjes
Screenplay
Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration
J. Michael Riva
Production Design
Steven Spielberg
Director
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Quincy Jones
Producer
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
Richard Alonzo
Makeup Artist
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Carole Isenberg
Producer
Frank Marshall
Producer
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera
Joel Rosenbaum
Orchestrator
Randy Kerber
Orchestrator
Andraé Crouch
Music Arranger
Jorge Calandrelli
Orchestrator
Jerry Hey
Orchestrator
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
Fred Steiner
Orchestrator
Quincy Jones
Lyricist
Quincy Jones
Songs
Rod Temperton
Lyricist
Andraé Crouch
Songs
Bill Maxwell
Songs
David Del Sesto
Songs
Lionel Richie
Lyricist
Rod Temperton
Songs
Dana Dru Evenson
Stunt Double
Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor
Tony Brubaker
Stunts





