\u201cThe Color Purple\u201d has already been a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, Academy Award-nominated film by Steven Spielberg, and Tony Award-winning Broadway show, but director Blitz Bazawule still found new areas to explore in his new adaptation of the stage musical. On this episode he talks about finding a visual language for the heroine Celie\u2019s imagination, making the leap to big budget filmmaking, and choreographing every scene of the movie like a musical \u2014 even when the characters were just talking.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices