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"A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a w...

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Uniform Title:For colored girls (Motion picture)
Main Author: Zigman, Aaron (Composer)
Other Authors: Jackson, Janet, 1966- (Actor), Devine, Loretta (Actor), Ealy, Michael (Actor), Elise, Kimberly, 1971- (Actor), Hardwick, Omari, 1974- (Actor), Harper, Hill, 1966- (Actor), Newton, Thandiwe, 1972- (Actor), Rashad, Phylicia, 1948- (Actor), Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- (Actor), Thompson, Tessa, 1983- (Actor), Washington, Kerry, 1977- (Actor), Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- (Actor), Gray, Macy (Actor), Kain, Khalil (Actor), Lawson, Richard, 1947- (Actor), Areu, Ozzie (Producer), Genier, Joseph P. (Producer), Stewart, Nzingha (Producer), Paseornek, Michael (Producer), Bobb, Roger M., 1967- (Producer), Hall, Paul (Producer), Perry, Tyler (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Gruszynski, Alexander (Cinematographer), Hoy, Maysie (Film editor), Shange, Ntozake
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2010]
Subjects:
Shange, Ntozake > Film adaptations.
Shange, Ntozake.
African American women > Drama.
African American women > Social conditions > Drama.
African American families > Social conditions > Drama.
American fiction > Film adaptations.
African American families > Social conditions.
African American women.
African American women > Social conditions.
American fiction.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Films de fiction.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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Summary:"A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world"--Container.
Item Description:Based on the stage play entitled "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf" written by Ntozake Shange.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Streaming video.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (134 min.)): sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated R for some disturbing violence including a rape, sexual content and language.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Alexander Gruszynski ; editor, Maysie Hoy ; music, Aaron Zigman ; production designer, Ina Mayhew ; costume designer, Johnetta Boone ; executive producers, Ozzie Areu, Joseph P. Genier, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Paseornek.