Tyler Perry is remaking Ntozake Shange’s 1975 Obie Award-winning play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, cropping the title to a simple For Colored Girls. Consisting of an all-star cast, including Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Janet Jackson and many more, the film showcases a collection of 20 poems revealing different issues impacting women in general, and women of color in particular. The soundtrack is equally spectacular, featuring the likes of Nina Simone, Estelle, Janelle Monàe, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lalah Hathaway and South African/Canadian singer Zaki Ibrahim. Born in Vancouver, BC and raised between South Africa and Canada’s West Coast, Ibrahim's world was a constant blending of cultural diversity, which reflects in her music, a unique mix of soul, hip hop, and electro-acoustic. Check out "Ansomnia," her single on the soundtrack.
The soundtrack to For Colored Girls is available on November 2nd and appears as follows:
1. Main Title – Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington (with Joshua Bell, Aaron Zigman & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
2. Longer & Stronger – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
3. All Day Long (Blue Skies) – Estelle
4. What More Can They Do – Laura Izibor
5. Sun – Lalah Hathaway
6. Ansomnia – Zaki Ibrahim
7. Settle – Gladys Knight
8. La Donna In Viola – Karen Slack, Andrea Jones-Sojola & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
9. Sechita (A Senhora em Amarelo) – Anika Noni Rose & Carondelet Percussion Ensemble
10. Stand Up - Macy Gray
11. Without A Fight – Janelle Monàe
12. Four Women – Nina Simone, Simone, Laura Izibor & Ledisi
13. I Know Who I Am – Leona Lewis
