![]() ![]() Of course, the film also highlights Walker's books, the best known of which is The Color Purple, which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. (Parmar and Walker collaborated on the book Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women, which Parmar made into a documentary.) ![]() Parmar follows Walker's life from her birth into a family of sharecroppers in Eatonton, Ga., her relationship with her mother, early poverty and her participation in the Civil Rights Movement, all of which were major influences on Walker and her writing. It's timed to honor both Walker's 70th birthday, which takes place on Sunday, and Black History Month.ĭirected by Pratibha Parmar, the documentary tells the story of an author who's tackled some of the toughest topics a writer can: racism, sexism, class and economic inequalities, as well as female genital mutilation. Tonight on American Masters on PBS at 9 p.m., Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, the first film biography about the novelist, poet, nonfiction writer and activist, makes its debut. ![]()
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