For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)

8.5/10 78 min Drama Romance

Overview

The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning landmark play. A breakthrough portrayal of black women's experiences in America, the story combines music, poetry and dance to celebrate their unique culture while painting a poignant portrait of their terrible struggles.

Cast

Roger Hill

Second Man at Barbecue

Brent Jennings

First Man at Barbecue

Jack Landron

Bedroom Companion

Ntozake Shange

Woman with baby girl

Alfre Woodard

Woman who lost her stuff

Lynn Whitfield

Woman in bath

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