---
title: 'For Colored Girls (2010)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tyler Perry'
released: '2010-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-colored-girls-2010'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# For Colored Girls (2010)

2010 · 133 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film written, directed, and produced by Tyler Perry, and is adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf". The film features an ensemble cast including Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandiwe Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kimberly Elise, and Kerry Washington. The film was originally to be directed by Nzingha Stewart, and her screenplay adaptation is part of the Barnard archives. Stewart served as an executive producer on Perry’s adaptation Shange’s work.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tyler Perry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-perry)
- **Screenplay:** [Tyler Perry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-perry)
- **Producer:** [Tyler Perry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-perry)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Aaron Zigman](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-zigman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alexander Gruszynski](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-gruszynski)

## Cast

- [Kerry Washington](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerry-washington)
- [Phylicia Rashad](https://cinepixo.com/people/phylicia-rashad)
- [Kimberly Elise](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimberly-elise)
- [Janet Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-jackson)
- [Whoopi Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/whoopi-goldberg)
- [Khalil Kain](https://cinepixo.com/people/khalil-kain)
- [Loretta Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-devine)
- [Anika Noni Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/anika-noni-rose)
- [Thandiwe Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/thandiwe-newton)
- [Hill Harper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hill-harper)
- [Richard Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lawson)
- [Michael Ealy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ealy)
- [Omari Hardwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/omari-hardwick)
- [Tessa Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tessa-thompson)
- [Macy Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/macy-gray)

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Official site: http://www.forcoloredgirlsmovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-colored-girls-2010
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