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For colored girls / 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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 29591 | Lionsgate29591.1.1A | LionsgateLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2011]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9786314051709
  • 6314051703
Uniform titles:
  • For colored girls (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
Subject(s): Genre/Form: 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.
Cast: 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.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
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD New DRAMA FOR COLO Available 33111010012165
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning play exploring the plight of black women makes the leap from stage to screen with this ensemble drama directed by Tyler Perry, and starring Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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.

Based on the stage play entitled "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf" written by Ntozake Shange.

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.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.

MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing violence including a rape, sexual content and language.

"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

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.).

Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only.

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