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In 1974, Ntozake Shange's choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" made icts early stage, Combining poetry, dance and music, and MOST Significantly, Placing the black female experience center stage.In lyrical, honest, angry , funny and tender language, Shange's "Colored Girls" the Feelings Evoked woven Into the fabric of black female life in America. Within Two Years, The Play Became a Broadway sensation, won Obie and Tony Award year, and Would Eventually Be Produced in regional theaters Throughout The country.Now, Thirty Six Years Later, Tyler Perry filmmaker Adapts this landmark work for the big screen, Integrating The vivid language of Shange's poems Into a contemporary narrative explored That What It Means to Be a Woman of Color - and a woman of "any color - in this world.

FOR COLORED GIRLS weaves together stories of nine different The women - Joanna, Tangie, Crystal, Gilda, Kelly, Juanita, Yasmine, Nyla and Alice - As They Move Into and Out of One Another's lives; Some Are Well Known to One Another , Others are as yet strangers.Crises, heartbreaks and ultimately crimes Will Bring thesis Nine Women Fully Into The Same Orbit Where They Will Find commonality and understanding.Each Her Will speak truth have never before.And EACH Will Know That She Is Complete-as-a Human Being, glorious and divine in All Her colors.

Lionsgate and Tyler Perry Studios Present At 34th Street Films / Lionsgate Production.FOR COLORED GIRLS stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington and Whoopi Goldberg.FOR COLORED GIRLS Is Written for The Screen and directed by Tyler Perry, and based on the stage play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf 'Written by Ntozake Shange.The Film is Produced by Paul Hall, Roger M. Bobb and Tyler Perry.