FOR COLORED GIRLS: New Clip featuring Loretta Devine

In 1974, Ntozake Shange's choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" made its stage debut, combining poetry, dance and music, and most significantly, placing the black female experience center stage. In lyrical, honest, angry, funny and tender language, Shange's "colored girls" evoked the feelings woven into the fabric of black female life in America. Within two years, the play became a Broadway sensation, won an Obie and Tony Award, and would eventually be produced in regional theaters throughout the country. Now, thirty six years later, filmmaker Tyler Perry adapts this landmark work for the big screen, integrating the vivid language of Shange's poems into a contemporary narrative that explores what it means to be a woman of color - and a woman of any color - in this world.

FOR COLORED GIRLS weaves together the stories of nine different women -- Jo, Tangie, Crystal, Gilda, Kelly, Juanita, Yasmine, Nyla and Alice -- as they move into and out of one another's existences; some are well known to one another, others are as yet strangers. Crises, heartbreaks and crimes will ultimately bring these nine women fully into the same orbit where they will find commonality and understanding. Each will speak her truth as never before. And each will know that she is complete as a human being, glorious and divine in all her colors.

Lionsgate and TPS present a 34th Street Films / Lionsgate production. FOR COLORED GIRLS stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington and Whoopi Goldberg. FOR COLORED GIRLS is written for the screen and directed by Tyler Perry, and based on the stage play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf' written by Ntozake Shange. The film is produced by Tyler Perry, Paul Hall and Roger M. Bobb.

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[Peachesfolife]

@oprahdiva Everybody DEFINITELY played their roles PHENOMENALLY... Not one bad actress in the entire cast.

[TheBluebird12]

I just saw this movie today. It was so sad but so good!

[KidATL06]

@TheSuirad so wrong, yo.

[KidATL06]

@MMS671 go away. entitled to your opinion but she is phenomenal.

[KidATL06]

@wagishwa FOH.

[tarjay35]

I liked this movie, but I've always found this lady's voice incredibly annoying.

[cheese2414]

@wagishwa fuck you!! you shouldnt comment on movies like this if your gunna say shit like that. 

[bobbyonstage]

go ahead, miss Loretta Divne. wow. werk it.

[wagishwa]

man this was some bullshit who cares about this bullshit ???? from these emo bitches

[internetfan2005]

I have to say that Loretta Divine was one I could not help but laugh at in this scene. I know the movie was not a comedy, but she was so funny in this scene.

[crystalandclear]

I wanted to see this movie really because of Loretta Devine. I expected nothing other than exceptional and exceptional was she! I love any movie she plays in.....I love her as a actress. She is awesome!

I really did not want to see it because of it's heaviness. I read the book. I knew after watching it, I would want to slap every man I ran into after.....sure enough, that is just what I wanted to do!

[tokyomilkshake2]

I find it hilarious how my mom took my 23 year old sister to see it but not me -.-