For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf / Educational Broadcasting Corporation presents ; co-production of Thirteen/WNET and WPBT ; written by Ntozake Shange ; directed by Oz Scott ; produced by Lindsay Law.

A "choreopoem" that portrays the visions and frustrations of six young women who are trying to come to terms with themselves and with being African-American.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Carroll, Baikida, 1947- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Educational Broadcasting Corporation
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
WPBT-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.)
Kultur International Films
Broadway Theatre Archive
New York Shakespeare Festival Productions
Other Authors: Shange, Ntozake (Screenwriter, Actor)
Scott, Oz (Director)
Law, Lindsay (Producer)
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- (Actor)
Whitfield, Lynn (Actor)
Doniger, Scott P. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2002]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A "choreopoem" that portrays the visions and frustrations of six young women who are trying to come to terms with themselves and with being African-American.
Note:Based on the stage play entitled "For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf" written by Ntozake Shange.
Originally staged for the theater by the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1982.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ5 D0016746 VideoDVD
ISBN:0769796079
9780769796079
Credits:Editor, Scott P. Doniger ; music, Baikida Carroll.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Alfre Woodard, Lynn Whitfield, Ntozake Shange.