Thirty six years later, with a cast of stars including Loretta Devine, Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Whoopie Goldberg, filmmaker Tyler Perry adapts this landmark work for the big screen, integrating the vivid language of Shange's poems into a contemporary narrative following different women dealing with intense issues that impact women in general and women of colour in particular.

Followed by: a discussion on Ntozake Shange's original work and a live spoken word performance by Comfort - Art without Apology - a writer performer of Poetry/Spoken Word.