Ntozake Shange on Stage and Screen
Update: 2012-11-07
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The 2012-13 Africana Distinguished Alumna Series honors
one of Barnard’s most distinguished African American alumnae: Ntozake
Shange '70. A playwright, poet, and novelist of startling originality,
Shange is best known for her 1975 Obie Award-winning play, For Colored
Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Following
the screening of Tyler Perry’s acclaimed 2010 film version of the play,
Ms. Shange speaks candidly with Soyica Diggs Colbert, assistant
professor of English at Dartmouth College, and Monica Miller, associate
professor of English at Barnard, about her groundbreaking work and its
controversial adaptation to the screen.
one of Barnard’s most distinguished African American alumnae: Ntozake
Shange '70. A playwright, poet, and novelist of startling originality,
Shange is best known for her 1975 Obie Award-winning play, For Colored
Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Following
the screening of Tyler Perry’s acclaimed 2010 film version of the play,
Ms. Shange speaks candidly with Soyica Diggs Colbert, assistant
professor of English at Dartmouth College, and Monica Miller, associate
professor of English at Barnard, about her groundbreaking work and its
controversial adaptation to the screen.
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