The Robber (Der Rauber)
USA 155 min.
Author Alice Walker’s intimate story of suffering, endurance, and triumph is set in early 20th century rural South. Celie Johnson (Whoopi Goldberg) is a browbeaten, much abused, nearly illiterate black farm girl who, over the course of 40 years grows into a woman of self-assurance and wit, a woman with her own dreams and identity.
Screened Monday, October 13, 2008