Georgia 1909. Celie is jarenlang misbruikt door haar stiefvader en heeft 2 kinderen op de wereld gezet die ze allebei heeft moeten afstaan. Op haar 14e wordt ze uitgehuwelijkt als slaaf aan Albert. Hij maakt alleen maar misbruik van haar. Albert's maitresse zorgt er samen met Sofia voor dat Celie zich tegen Albert kan verweren.
Nee, helaas is De Kleur Paars nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Quincy Jones | Producer |
| Production | Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Alice Walker | Novel |
| Production | Carole Isenberg | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Alonzo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Production | Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Allen Daviau | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Menno Meyjes | Screenplay |
| Production | Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Production | Kathleen Kennedy | Producer |
| Editing | Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Producer |
| Art | Bo Welch | Art Direction |
| Art | J. Michael Riva | Production Design |
| Art | Linda DeScenna | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Alan L. Nineberg | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Dana Dru Evenson | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Camera | Robert Samuels | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Andraé Crouch | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Randy Kerber | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jorge Calandrelli | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Joel Rosenbaum | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Fred Steiner | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jerry Hey | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
| Sound | Rod Temperton | Songs |
| Writing | Quincy Jones | Lyricist |
| Writing | Rod Temperton | Lyricist |
| Writing | Lionel Richie | Lyricist |
| Sound | Andraé Crouch | Songs |
| Sound | David Del Sesto | Songs |
| Sound | Bill Maxwell | Songs |
