This DVD features a captivating drama that tells the story of a young African-American girl's struggles and triumphs in the early 1900s. It stars Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, and Margaret Avery, and has a PG-13 rating. The DVD format has an NTSC video format, with interactive menus and a run time of 154 minutes.

The DVD is a special edition release from Warner Bros, with features including a standard jewel case, English, French, and Spanish subtitle languages, and a region code of DVD: 1 (US, Canada...). The Color Purple is an abstract cinematic movement drama, produced and directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie was released in 1997 and features the music of Quincy Jones.