About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
For Colored Girls is of 2 hour(s) and 14 minute(s). It is Produced By: Lions Gate Films. It was released on 2010-11-05. It has the tagline: Many voices. One poem. It has an average vote of 6.789 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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