For colored girls
by
Jackson, Janet, 1966-
Title
:
For colored girls
Author
:
Jackson, Janet, 1966-
Publication Information
:
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2011]
Physical Description
:
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Based on the play "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf" by Ntozake Shange.
Special features: Span of the rainbow, Prism of poems, Transformation: movie magi, Music for colored girls, Marketing archive.
Abstract
:
"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.
Reading Level
:
MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing violence including a rape, sexual content and language.
Personal Subject
:
Shange, Ntozake-Film adaptations.
Subject Term
:
African American women -- Drama.
African American women -- Social conditions -- Drama.
African American families -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Genre
:
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Added Author
:
Jackson, Janet, 1966-
Devine, Loretta.
Ealy, Michael.
Elise, Kimberly, 1971-
Hardwick, Omari, 1974-
Harper, Hill, 1966-
Newton, Thandie, 1972-
Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
Rose, Anika Noni, 1972-
Thompson, Tessa, 1983-
Washington, Kerry, 1977-
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950-
Gruszynski, Alexander.
Hoy, Maysie.
Zigman, Aaron.
Bobb, Roger M., 1967-
Hall, Paul.
Perry, Tyler.
Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf.
Added Corporate Author
:
Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
Tyler Perry Studios (Firm)
34th Street Films.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | Audio-visual Material | 33168025521432 | 791.4372 F692T 2010 | 1 |