For Colored Girls

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"For Colored Girls" is a 2010 drama film adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem, depicting the intersecting lives and struggles of several Black women in New York City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
basedOn For Colored Girls self-linksurface differs
surface form: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
basedOnAuthor Ntozake Shange
basedOnWorkType choreopoem
boxOfficeWorldwide approximately $38 million
cinematographyBy Alexander Gruszynski
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Tyler Perry
distributor Lionsgate
editedBy Maysie Hoy
featuresTheme Black women’s experiences
abuse and trauma
domestic violence
healing and resilience
intersecting lives
motherhood
race and gender
sexual assault
sisterhood and solidarity
genre drama
ensemble film
leadActor Anika Noni Rose
Hill Harper
Janet Jackson
Kerry Washington
Kimberly Elise
Loretta Devine
Macy Gray
Michael Ealy
Omari Hardwick
Phylicia Rashad
Thandiwe Newton
Whoopi Goldberg
medium feature film
mpaaRating R
musicBy Aaron Zigman
narrativeStructure ensemble narrative
originalLanguage English
portraysGroup Black women in New York City
producer Paul Hall
Roger M. Bobb NERFINISHED
Tyler Perry
productionCompany Tyler Perry Studios
releaseDateUS 2010-11-05
releaseYear 2010
runtimeMinutes 133
screenwriter Tyler Perry
settingLocation New York City

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Tessa Thompson notableWork For Colored Girls
Thandiwe Newton notableWork For Colored Girls
Michael Ealy notableWork For Colored Girls
Aaron Zigman notableWork For Colored Girls
Aaron Zigman workedOn For Colored Girls
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Loretta Devine notableWork For Colored Girls
Phylicia Ayers-Allen notableWork For Colored Girls
this entity surface form: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls basedOn For Colored Girls self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Richard Lawson notableWork For Colored Girls
Michael Brown notableWork For Colored Girls
subject surface form: Michael Ealy
Melanie notableWork For Colored Girls
subject surface form: Melanie Thandiwe Newton
Maysie Hoy notableWork For Colored Girls