Guest
Danez Smith is a Black, queer, HIV-positive writer and performer from St. Paul, Minnesota. They are the author of
Homie and
Transcript
Lily Percy, host: Hello, fellow movie fans. I’m Lily Percy, and I’ll be your guide this week as I talk with Danez Smith about the movie that changed them,
The Color Purple. If you haven’t seen it, don’t worry. We’re gonna give you all of the details you need to follow along.
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When I think about
The Color Purple — the movie, I should say, and not just Alice Walker’s book — I think about two sisters laughing and playing, enjoying themselves in a field full of purple flowers, completely intoxicated by each other’s company and disregarding the world around them.