| For Colored Girls | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Tyler Perry |
| Screenplay by | Tyler Perry |
| Based on | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Edited by | Maysie Hoy |
| Music by | Aaron Zigman |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $21 million[2] |
| Box office | $38 million[3] |
For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, the film features an ensemble cast which includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandiwe Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray.
The film depicts the interconnected lives of ten black women, exploring their lives and struggles as women of color.[4][5] It is the first film to be produced by 34th Street Films, an imprint of Tyler Perry Studios, and distributed by Lionsgate Films. It is also the first R-rated film directed by Perry. With a budget of $21 million, For Colored Girls was released on November 5, 2010, grossing $20.1 million in its opening weekend.
The film's lead cast consists of ten women of color, seven of whom are based on the play's seven characters, only known by colour (e.g. "lady in red", "lady in brown", and "lady in yellow"). Like its source material, each character deals with a different personal conflict, such as love, abandonment, rape, infidelity, and abortion.
In New York, a group of black women, most of whom live in the same Harlem apartment building, faces personal crises, heartbreak and other challenges. Crystal (Kimberly Elise) faces an unhappy existence as an abused lover. Jo (Janet Jackson) is a successful magazine editor, but her husband has a secret double life. Juanita (Loretta Devine) is a relationship counselor but cannot seem to get her love life in order. These three and others become bound together by their experiences.
- ^ "FOR COLORED GIRLS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. October 27, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Fritz, Ben (November 4, 2010). "Movie projector: Hollywood looking for huge weekend as 'Megamind,' 'Due Date' and 'Colored Girls' open [updated]". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
That should make it another successful Perry film for independent studio Lionsgate, which spent $21 million on production.
- ^ "For Colored Girls (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ David Noh (2010-11-04), "Film Review: For Colored Girls", Film Journal International, retrieved 2010-11-08
- ^ "Is 'For Colored Girls' a double-edged sword for Tyler Perry?", Los Angeles Times, 2010-11-03, retrieved 2010-11-08