Award-winning British filmmaker, Pratibha Parmar’s new feature film documentary “Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth” on writer and activist Alice Walker had the following prestigious premieres:
UK Premiere 03.10.13 at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
US Premiere 11.10.13 at The Grand Lake Theatre , Oakland CA
UK Broadcast 07.07.13 BBC 4 (52′)
US Broadcast 02.07.14 PBS|American Masters Series (84′)
The film, which includes contributions from Danny Glover and Steven Spielberg, among others, was in the making for some 5 years, with a rough cut completed after the filmmaker was able to raise a whopping $55,000 via IndieGoGo in 2011.
Read more here: http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/alice-walker-reads-from-the-color-purple-in-new-clip-from-beauty-in-truth-on-pbs-2-7