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The soundtrack features all-new and unreleased music from artists such as Gladys Knight, Macy Gray, Leona Lewis, Estelle, Laura Izibor, Janelle Monae, Sharon Jones, Simone Kelly, Lalah Hathaway and Ledisi.
The soundtrack sets the many stories of struggle told within the film's choreopoem to music that reflects the women's ongoing battle with love, abandonment and self-awareness.Our lucky winners not only won the soundtrack; some won other special 'For Colored Girls' branded trinkets including a collector's t-shirt, notepads and specially designed tissue packs (modeled above by our beautiful African model).
The winners are listed below.
Vicksburg, MS
Dana Williams
Claymont, DE
Elaine Morrison
Waxhaw, NC
Michele Davis
Palmdale, CA
Sherry Pitt
Irvington, NJ
Rhonda Wallace
Indianapolis, IN
Karen Hughes
Houston, TX
Chere Robers-Potter
Dothan, AL
Francina Jamison
High Point, NC
Tina Price
Quitman, MS
Karahn Yates-Harris
Charlotte, NC
Deborah Johnson
Blackstone, VA
Yolanda Kirkwood
Batesville, MS
Sammy Jackson
Daytona Beach, FL
Sandra Plunkett-Frankel
Danville, VA
Chris Bland
Los Angeles, CA
Angela Cartwright
Highlands, TX
Kevin Hagan, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Nadine DeJesus
Gaithersburg, MD
Howard Powell
Arverne, NY
For Colored Girls
Written and directed by Tyler Perry, the film 'For Colored Girls' is based on Ntozake Shange's award-winning 1975 play, 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.' The play morphed into an Emmy Award nominated television special and is still being performed around the world. BlackVoices.com presents a closer look to the remarkable cinematic effort.
Anika Noni Rose (as Yasmine), Kerry Washington (as Kelly), Janet Jackson (as Jo), Kimberly Elise (as Crystal), Phylicia Rashad (as Gilda), Loretta Devine (as Juanita), Tessa Thompson (as Nyla) and Thandie Newton (as Tangie) in the rooftop scene of 'For Colored Girls.'
Janet Jackson stars as 'Jo' in 'For Colored Girls.' Jo is a high-powered businesswoman who has virtually willed herself to forget her tough upbringing. "Jo's very driven, and she's not the nicest person on the block," said Jackson.
Jo is married to stockbroker Carl (played by Omari Hardwick). She is also the head at a major fashion magazine titled Robe Rouge.
Jo and Carl (Omari Hardwick) in a scene at the opera in 'For Colored Girls.' This marks Jackson's third outing with Tyler Perry having done 'Why Did I Get Married?' and its sequel 'Why Did I Get Married Too?'
Omari Hardwick is Carl, a stockbroker and husband of Jo (Janet Jackson). "I think he's sexually, not necessarily as confused as the cliché down-low man who's living with a woman but carrying on an affair with a man would be, I think it's a little bit deeper than that," said Hardwick.
Loretta Devine stars as 'Juanita' in 'For Colored Girls.' Devine was a young actor in graduate school when 'Colored Girls' became an Off-Broadway sensation in 1976. She successfully auditioned for a role, but had to turn it down when she was unable to obtain the scholastic leave of absence. She went on to make history at Lorell Robinson in Broadway's 'Dreamgirls.'
Juanita keeps it real with her students in 'For Colored Girls.' Juanita is a nurse who has opened a women's health and wellness clinic at a Harlem community center. She doles out condoms and a message of empowerment to young women, but struggles in vain to resist the charms of her two-timing boyfriend.
Juanita her man Frank (played by Richard Lawson) in an emotional scene in 'For Colored Girls.'
Richard Lawson is Frank, the smooth-talking, faithless lover of Juanita (Loretta Devine). "Frank is a Vietnam vet who came back and is trying to get his life together. One of the ways he does that is to try to impress and charm women; it's the one thing he can control in his life," said Lawson.
