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For colored girls
For colored girls (Motion picture)
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- Summary
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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 acclaim...
"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
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- Creator
- Lionsgate and TPS present a 34th Street Films/Lionsgate production ; produced by Roger M. Bobb, Paul Hall ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Tyler Perry
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- 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, film producer
- Genier, Joseph P., film producer
- Stewart, Nzingha, film producer
- Paseornek, Michael, film producer
- Bobb, Roger M., 1967- film producer
- Hall, Paul, film producer
- Perry, Tyler, film director, film producer, screenwriter
- Gruszynski, Alexander, director of photography
- Hoy, Maysie, editor of moving image work
- Zigman, Aaron, composer
- Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
- Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
- Tyler Perry Studios (Firm)
- 34th Street Films
- Publication
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- Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2011]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- digital
- surround
- laser optical NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- ISBNs
- 9786314051709, 6314051703
- OCLC
- ocn694455413
- Credits
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- Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anka Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Macy Gray, Khalil Kain, Richard Lawson
- 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
- Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only.
- 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.
- Special features include: interactive features: Span of the rainbow [interactive documentary]; Prism of poems; Transformation: movie magic making "For Colored Girls" [featurette] (15 min.); Music "For Colored Girls [music videos] (9 min.); Marketing archive: Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Living portraits; Art gallery [slide show]; Also from Lionsgate (4 min.).
- DVD; region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital EX surround; widescreen presentation (aspect ratio 1.78:1).
- Closed captioned.
- Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.