How ‘Colored Girls’ Cope
Abstract (300 words maximum)
For Colored Girls (2010) is an award-winning film written and directed by Tyler Perry. He adapted the film from a choreopoem called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1975) written by Ntozake Shange. This feature film is the story of ten women of color whose lives intertwine through different but parallel struggles. In this study, I will analyze the obstacles these women face in their storylines as well as other unspoken external and internal stressors that are only hinted at in the film. I will use this analysis to explain the coping mechanisms the women develop over the course of the film and how these help them function in their day-to-day lives.
How ‘Colored Girls’ Cope
For Colored Girls (2010) is an award-winning film written and directed by Tyler Perry. He adapted the film from a choreopoem called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1975) written by Ntozake Shange. This feature film is the story of ten women of color whose lives intertwine through different but parallel struggles. In this study, I will analyze the obstacles these women face in their storylines as well as other unspoken external and internal stressors that are only hinted at in the film. I will use this analysis to explain the coping mechanisms the women develop over the course of the film and how these help them function in their day-to-day lives.