For Coloured Girls

'I found God in myself'
'And I love her'
'I love her fiercely'

Those are the phrases uttered by Crystal, a mother of two beautiful kids, who is grieving for the lost of her kids cause they were murdered by their own father by throwing them out of the balcony of their apartment, in front of her eyes.

Crystal was an assistance of an editor, Jo. Crystal worked for Jo, for more than 8 years, but Jo was not aware that Crystal was being abused by her husband, until the day Jo saw that murder took place in front of her eyes.

Jo is a fine rich lady with a loving husband, who would take her to the opera just to please her even though he hates watching opera. A husband who swears would never ever sleeping with other woman, other than Jo. No other woman doesn't guarantee no other man to sleep with.

As an editor, Jo made a good fortune and make a great deal of charities. But not when Juanita came along. Juanita started this private health house, especially for woman of color to advise and equip them with knowledge (and condoms) about healthy relationship.

Kelly, a social worker, certainly doesn't need to visit Juanita's health house for a healthy relationship, cause she has one with her husband. Just one thing missing, a child.

And speaking of healthy relationship, Tangie, a bartender, who had sex with different man each night, is nowhere near.

Contrary to Tangie's sister, Nyla, who is Mama's favorite for being such a nice girl in the neighbourhood, till she got pregnant and Tangie sent her to some drunk woman to have an abortion.

Judged and forced to have a ritual for forgiveness by her mama, Nyla left home to her dance teacher's apartment, Yasmine. Unfortunately, Yasmine, who had just been raped by a man she knew before as a good man, froze out of her trauma instead opening the door for Nyla.


Yasmine is the yellow girl.
Nyla is the purple girl.
Tangie is the orange girl.
Kelly is the blue girl.
Juanita is the green girl.
Jo is the red girl.
Crystal is the brown girl.

Each color represents each girl's life.
Which color depict yours the most ?

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I picked this movie randomly among bunch of DVDs I bought that day. Random as in I was just interested in the poems that said would be read by the actresses. And yes, it is proven, that random is the best way to pick up hints for life (at least mine), cause for the whole 133 minutes, I just can't take my eyes off the screen.

It was, IMO and despite all the critics on this movie, almost perfect capturing the emotions, not only the supposedly scenes. Especially for Crystal (Kimberly Elise) and Tangie (Thandie Newton), I was most impressed with how they played their character. The loss and the emptiness/meaningless emotion are all over and easily grasped (or its just me, cause I also have those emotions at this moment, I can't tell).

Overall, this movie is beyond my expectation. But what makes me in my top level of mind juggling is the closing line on the end of this movie.

'for coloured girls who are considered suicide but actually they were just moving to the end of the rainbow'

'for coloured girls who are considered suicide', that phrase really got my mind juggle on it. Suicide is just a consideration, a label from society, to define an artificial death that's committed by a person. And I find it ingenious!

And then the following phrase, 'but actually they were just moving to the end of the rainbow', is just like the cherry on top of that ingenious mind. No label, no judgment, just like that, an appreciation.

Just out of curiosity, how many of us who can have mind like that ?