For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls is a 2010 drama film written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry. It is based on the 1975 stage play,For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when The Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. It stars Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, and Loretta Devine. Based on the play by Ntozake Shange.
Synopsis[]
The movie is based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 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.
Cast[]
Kimberly Elise as Crystal
Janet Jackson as Jo
Loretta Devine as Juanita
Thandie Newton as Tangie
Anika Noni Rose as Yasmine
Kerry Washington as Kelly
Tessa Thompson as Nyla
Phylicia Rashad as Gilda
Whoopi Goldberg as Alice
Michael Ealy as Beau Willie
Omari Hardwick as Carl
Hill Harper as Donald
Khalil Kain as Bill
Macy Gray as Rose