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17. Spielberg Took on Racism With The Color Purple
The Color Purple was based on a book by Alice Walker. Though some criticized the film as being overly sentimental, it remained in theatres for a whopping 21 weeks and earned Academy Award nominations for stars Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. Seeing as Spielberg’s movies drew heavily on his own experiences, one challenge that he had to overcome was that he did not have the lived experiences of being African American.