Movies at the Mural: The Color Purple

Update: due to inclement weather, today's screening of The Color Purple musical will take place inside the Armory Food & Event Hall.
Film starting at 9pm.
We'll have chairs available, but feel free to still bring your blankets and pillows.

Experience FREE movies outdoors at Seattle Center this summer. Picnic on the gently sloping Mural Amphitheatre lawn, in front of a state-of-the-art 40-foot screen, with the Space Needle looming above. The series features popular movies, both classic and contemporary, appropriate for all movie-goers. Movies at the Mural is an outdoor cinema experience like no other!

Each screening will be preceded by a short film created by students at Cornish College for the Arts and alumni of the UW Professional & Continuing Education's (PCE) Film & Video Production certificate program.

Rated PG-13
Run Time: 2 hours 21 minutes

An epic, musical tale based on the popular novel and film, spanning forty years in the life of Celie, a black woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

Short Films:
A Friend
Writer/Director/Producer: James Greiner
Run time: 5 min 30 sec

A man struggles with “a friend.” Should he go or should he stay?

My Margemalade
Filmmaker: Isa McMillan
Run Time: 1 min 50 sec

The sweet and sinister life of a cat.