American Masters

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth. Full Film

02/07/2014 | 1h 23m 10s

"Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth" is the first film biography of writer and activist Alice Walker. Most famous for her seminal novel "The Color Purple" for which she won a Pulitzer Prize, Walker was raised in poverty in the rural South during the violent and seismic social changes of mid-20th century America. Women, poverty and civil rights became the inherent themes in her writing.

Aired: 02/07/14 | Expired: 11/29/15 | Rating: TV-14

Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Judith & Burton Resnick, Seton Melvin Charitable Trust, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Vital Projects Fund, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen and public television viewers.

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Extras From This Episode

• Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Preview

  Preview: 02/07/2014 | 30s

• Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Trailer

  Preview: 02/07/2014 | 1m 50s

• Alice Walker Describes Creativity

  Clip: 02/07/2014 | 35s

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