For Colored Girls

For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film adapted from Ntozake Shanges 1975 stage play 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, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, and Kerry Washington.

Each woman is represented by a color Jo Bradmore represents red, Tangie Adrose represents orange, Yasmine represents yellow, Juanita Sims represents green, Kelly Watkins represents blue, Nyla Adrose represents purple, and Crystal Wallace represents brown. Additionally, the characters of Alice Adrose, who represents white, and Gilda, who does not represent a color, were made specifically for the film.The film opens with the nine main characters reciting a poem of their inner thoughts Dark Phrases. Kelly arrives at Tangies brownstone to see Crystal about the safety of her children. At that time, Juanita arrives to leave her lover, Frank, a potted plant and telling him that she is breaking off their affair No Assistance. Kelly attempts to speak with Crystals children on how they ended up in the hospital, but is unsuccessful when Crystals alcoholic, veteran husband, Beau Willie, kicks her out. Crystals nosy neighbor and apartment manager, Gilda, informs Kelly of Crystals situation A Night with Beau Willie Brown and reveals she was the one who called her. Meanwhile, Alice, Tangies mother, shows up to beseech Tangie for money, but gets rebuffed instead. ........

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