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