Movie Trailer of the Week - "For Colored Girls"

We may look back in a few years and realize that in his film making, as in his successful tours of stage productions, Tyler Perry blindsided us by sneaking in to pop culture as yet another black man in drag (re: Flip Wilson, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, etc.), only to go on to make thought provoking Oscar-worthy films such as For Colored Girls.

It's been clear for some time now that Perry understands the African American woman just about as well as any man could. One need look no further for evidence than the fact he was able assemble the phenomenal cast of Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, and Whoopi Goldberg.

For Colored Girls was adapted for the screen by Perry from the 1975 play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. The film hits theaters just in plenty of time for Oscar consideration on November 5th.