TY - GEN N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - For colored girls DA - [2011] CY - Santa Monica, Calif. : AU - Jackson, Janet, AU - Devine, Loretta. AU - Ealy, Michael. AU - Elise, Kimberly, AU - Hardwick, Omari, AU - Harper, Hill, AU - Newton, Thandie, AU - Rashad, Phylicia, AU - Rose, Anika Noni, AU - Thompson, Tessa, AU - Washington, Kerry, AU - Goldberg, Whoopi, AU - Gray, Macy. AU - Kain, Khalil. AU - Lawson, Richard, AU - Areu, Ozzie. AU - Genier, Joseph P. AU - Stewart, Nzingha. AU - Paseornek, Michael. AU - Bobb, Roger M., AU - Hall, Paul. AU - Perry, Tyler. AU - Gruszynski, Alexander. AU - Hoy, Maysie. AU - Zigman, Aaron. AU - Shange, Ntozake. CN - PN1997.2 CN - PN1997.2 PB - Lionsgate, PP - Santa Monica, Calif. : LA - eng LA - Closed captioned. LA - Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish. PY - [2011] N1 - Based on the stage play entitled "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf" written by Ntozake Shange. N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010. N1 - 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.). ID - 722340 KW - African American women KW - African American women KW - African American families KW - American fiction TI - For colored girls ER -