Juneteenth Joy: A Celebration of Black Women, Resilience, and Sisterhood—The Joy of House Music and screening of The Color Purple (2023)

Join us live from the Amphitheater stage from 5–8 pm for house music, followed by a screening of The Color Purple.

The Color Purple (2023). Directed by Blitz Bazawule, 2 hr. 21 min., PG-13, drama/musical

Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in life, including an abusive husband. With support from a sultry singer named Shug Avery as well as her stand-her-ground stepdaughter, Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.

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Accessibility
This film includes open captioning. Open captioning provides on-screen text descriptions of a film’s dialogue and relevant sounds that are otherwise not accessible to people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

The NCMA offers various types of accessibility accommodations for all types of programming, tours, and events. To request an additional accommodation or find out what is available, please contact Accessibility and Inclusion Coordinator Molly Hull at mhull@ncartmuseum.org. Please note that requests require a minimum of two weeks’ notice.

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Image: Courtesy of Warner Bros.