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Today I wanted to share with you a conversation from our friends over at

Pop Culture Happy Hour. They're sharing a previous episode from their Screening Ourselves series, wherein host Aisha Harris talks about the 1985 classic, The Color Purple,

and about some of the debates sparked by the original Stephen Spielberg film.

It's a fascinating conversation about Alice Walker's novel

and the different ways that audiences have experienced that film.

Here's Aisha Harris and Linda Holmes.

A warning, this episode contains explicit language and discussion of sexual assault.

Hey, I'm Linda Holmes, one of the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Next week the movie musical adaptation of the Color Purple hits theaters, it's an adaptation of the

Tony winning musical, and I'm joined now by my co-host Aieja Harris who has done a lot of thinking about the color purple. Hey Asia

Hey Linda. Yeah, I reported on the color purple for our Screening Ourself series last year.

This was a three-part documentary series where I got to explore films through the lens of representation

and misrepresentation on screen.

Yeah, we will be covering the new, the color purple adaptation later this week,

but we thought this would be the perfect time to revisit the screening ourselves episode

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