THE ARTISAN WINTER 2024 • 61
PHOTOS BY ELI ADÉ/WARNER BROS. PICTURES
W
hen I got the call for The Color Purple
from producers Scott Sanders and Oprah
Winfrey, I was honored and thrilled. I was
excited and definitely familiar with the story behind
this beautiful project, a classic in the African American
community, and I wanted to be as authentic as possible
with every hair detail. After meeting with our amazing
director, Blitz Bazawule, and learning what his
approach was to this new version of an old story, I was
thrilled and wanted to deliver exactly what he needed.
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as Young Celie
