For Colored Girls
In 2009 Tyler Perry announced that he would produce Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf". The film was the first project for 34th Street Films, Perry's new production company housed in Lionsgate The cast included Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashād, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington and Thandie Newton. Originally using the play's full title, the film's title was shortened to "For Colored Girls" in September 2010.