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

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

78 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 23, 1982

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.

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

78 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 23, 1982

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
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.
Producers Kultur Video
Original title For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Directors Oz Scott
Writers Ntozake Shange

Cast

Sarita Allen

as Sechita

Trazana Beverley

as Crystal (as Trazana Beverly)

Laurie Carlos

as Georgetta

Gregory T. Daniel

as Toussaint

Jackie Davis

as Second Man in Subway

Pedro De Pool

as Emcee

Lisa Henley

as Naomi

Roger Hill

as Second Man at Barbecue

Brent Jennings

as First Man at Barbecue

Charles Johnson

as Boy in Subway

Oliver Lake

as Flute Player

Jack Landron

as Bedroom Companion

Crystal Lilly

as Sarah

Carol Maillard

as Lu Anne (as Carol L. Maillard)

Ntozake Shange

as Woman with baby girl

Alfre Woodard

as Woman who lost her stuff

Lynn Whitfield

as Woman in bath