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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 · For Colored Girls: Directed by Tyler Perry. With Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandiwe Newton. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a 1976 work by Ntozake Shange. It consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form which Shange coined the word choreopoem to describe. [5]
Nov 3, 2010 · A monologue on film, sure — but not a poetic construction unlike the ordinary speech in the same film. Director-writer Tyler Perry's ambitious "For Colored Girls" is based on the Tony-nominated "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange.
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. ...more
In New York, a group of black women, most of whom live in the same Harlem apartment building, faces personal crises, heartbreak and other challenges. Crystal (Kimberly Elise) faces an unhappy ...
For Colored Girls. Filmmaker Tyler Perry adapts this landmark work for the big screen; integrating the vivid language of Ntozake Shange's poems into a contemporary narrative that explores what it means to be a woman of color-any color-in this world. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started ...
Unlike the original play which featured only 7 women known by colors performing the collection of 20 poems, the movie has given each of the 20 characters names. Each of the poems deal with intense issues that particularly impact women in a thought-provoking commentary on what it means to be a female of color in the world. — Anonymous.
For Colored Girls. Rent or Buy On Demand. Adapted for the screen and directed by Tyler Perry, FOR COLORED GIRLS brings to the screen Ntozake Shange's Obie-Award winning play, a poetic exploration of what it is to be of color and female in this world. 2 hr 14 min.
For Colored Girls. Based on the classic stage hit about a collection of women’s life events, some harrowing and some inspiring, that impact with hope and humanity. Directed by: Tyler Perry.
