For Colored Girls

For Colored Girls
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tyler Perry
Screenplay by	Tyler Perry
Based on	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
Produced by	Tyler Perry
Starring	Janet Jackson Loretta Devine Kimberly Elise Thandiwe Newton Anika Noni Rose Tessa Thompson Kerry Washington Whoopi Goldberg
Cinematography	Alexander Gruszynski
Edited by	Maysie Hoy
Music by	Aaron Zigman
Production companies	34th Street Films Tyler Perry Studios
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05)
Running time	133 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$21 million[2]
Box office	$38 million[3]

For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem 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, Thandiwe Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray.

The film depicts the interconnected lives of ten black women, exploring their lives and struggles as women of color.^[4][5] It is the first film to be produced by 34th Street Films, an imprint of Tyler Perry Studios, and distributed by Lionsgate Films. It is also the first R-rated film directed by Perry. With a budget of $21 million, For Colored Girls was released on November 5, 2010, grossing $20.1 million in its opening weekend.

The film's lead cast consists of ten women of color, seven of whom are based on the play's seven characters, only known by colour (e.g. "lady in red", "lady in brown", and "lady in yellow"). Like its source material, each character deals with a different personal conflict, such as love, abandonment, rape, infidelity, and abortion.

In New York, a group of black women, most of whom live in the same Harlem apartment building, faces personal crises, heartbreak and other challenges. Crystal (Kimberly Elise) faces an unhappy existence as an abused lover. Jo (Janet Jackson) is a successful magazine editor, but her husband has a secret double life. Juanita (Loretta Devine) is a relationship counselor but cannot seem to get her love life in order. These three and others become bound together by their experiences.