For Colored Girls

Based On the book by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film written, directed, and produced by Tyler Perry, and is adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf". The film features an ensemble cast including Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandiwe Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kimberly Elise, and Kerry Washington. The film was originally to be directed by Nzingha Stewart, and her screenplay adaptation is part of the Barnard archives. Stewart served as an executive producer on Perry’s adaptation Shange’s work.

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Release date:

2010

Director:

Tyler Perry

Cast:

Janet Jackson, Thandiwe Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose

Genre:

Romance, Drama, LGBTQ-related

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

2010 in adaptations