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)
Diary of an African Nun
(Short Story)
Everyday Use
(Writer)