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 Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
(Self)
In Prison My Whole Life
(Self)
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
(Self)
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
(Self)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
(Self)
The World According to Allee Willis
(Self)
Daedalus
(Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited))
Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
(Narrator)
A Place of Rage
(Self)
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke
(Self)
Flannery
(Self)
Kudzu
(Self/Author)
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
(Self)
The Color Purple
(Novel)
Warrior Marks
(Producer)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
(Novel)
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
(Assistant Costume Designer)
The Color Purple
(Novel)
The Color Purple
(Executive Producer)
The Color Purple at Home
(Original Story)
The Diary of an African Nun
(Short Story)