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For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film adapted from Ntozake Shange 's 1975 original choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, the film features an ensemble cast which includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandiwe Newton ...
Nov 5, 2010 · Based on Ntozake Shange's play, the film features 20 women of color who share their stories of abuse, violence and empowerment through poems. The cast includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington and more.
- (8.2K)
- Drama
- Tyler Perry
- 2010-11-05
Sep 16, 2010 · FOR COLORED GIRLS brings to the screen Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female in this world.
- 2 min
- 670.9K
- Lionsgate Movies
A drama film about a group of black women in Harlem who face personal and social challenges. Critics and audiences have mixed opinions on Perry's direction, writing and casting, and the film's use of poetry and melodrama.
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- Tyler Perry
- R
- Kimberly Elise
In 1974, Ntozake Shange's choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" made its stage debut, combining poetry, dance a...
Nov 3, 2010 · Roger Ebert criticizes Tyler Perry's adaptation of Ntozake Shange's play, which features seven women with different colors and problems. He finds the film too literal, cluttered and unconventional for cinema, but praises the cast and the soliloquies.
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The movie is based on Ntozake Shange's play and collection of poems about women of color and their struggles. Each poem is performed by a different character with a name, revealing various issues that affect women in general and women of color in particular.
