Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover in The Color Purple (1985)

Ahmad Rashad and Phylicia Rashad at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Alice Walker at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Oprah Winfrey at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Whoopi Goldberg, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey, and Akosua Busia at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Oprah Winfrey and Willard E. Pugh at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Margaret Avery at an event for The Color Purple (1985)

Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple (1985)

Whoopi Goldberg, Rae Dawn Chong, and Margaret Avery in The Color Purple (1985)

Oprah Winfrey and Willard E. Pugh in The Color Purple (1985)

Danny Glover and Margaret Avery in The Color Purple (1985)

Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, and Willard E. Pugh in The Color Purple (1985)

Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, and Bennet Guillory in The Color Purple (1985)