Producer Oprah Winfrey and director Bazawule shared the trailer completely throughout a digital occasion on May 22. The footage showcases the film’s epic solid across a time-spanning narrative, with exuberant fantasy and dream sequences and images of the younger Celie (played by “The Little Mermaid” breakout Halle Bailey) juxtaposed with an older Celie, who escapes her present into soul-stirring musical reverie. A stage musical adaptation of Walker’s e-book debuted on Broadway in 2005, with Celie played by the likes of LaChanze and Cynthia Erivo throughout its run and revival.