The movie For Colored Girls (2010) , is based on Ntozake Shange’s play known as For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. It was performed in 1975. Then it is written for the screen , produced and directed by Tyler Perry.
This movie is an American drama. It represents the lives of nine African – American women, unlike the play that dealt only with seven women. The movie sheds light on a feminist era. Each character deals with a different personal struggle. For instance, love, abandonment, rape, suicide, death and abortion. Moreover, it expresses the nine women’s screams, whispers, sighs and weeping. Ntozake Shange gave his characters names of colors using the colors of their dresses (brown, red, green,
This movie is an American drama. It represents the lives of nine African – American women, unlike the play that dealt only with seven women. The movie sheds light on a feminist era. Each character deals with a different personal struggle. For instance, love, abandonment, rape, suicide, death and abortion. Moreover, it expresses the nine women’s screams, whispers, sighs and weeping. Ntozake Shange gave his characters names of colors using the colors of their dresses (brown, red, green,