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Dec 28, 2018 · A rousing revival of "by far the most successful and richest of all black musicals” — The New York Times. ...more. From the roof-rocking opening gospel number to the ...
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- Reelblack One
Jun 18, 1982 · Purlie: Directed by Rudi Goldman. With Robert Guillaume, Sherman Hemsley, Rhetta Hughes, Melba Moore. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery.
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- Comedy, Family, Musical
- Rudi Goldman
- 1982-06-18
Jan 8, 2017 · In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom...
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- Broadway History
Purlie is set in an era when Jim Crow laws still were in effect in the American South. Its focus is on the dynamic traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community's church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee's plantation .
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- Robert Guillaume
- Rudi Goldman
- CBS Productions Showtime Networks
This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie.
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In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people.
