Writer
Ntozake Shange
78 years · Trenton, New Jersey, USA · 6 films
Ntozake Shange (/ˌɛntoʊˈzɑːki ˈʃɑːŋɡeɪ/ EN-toh-ZAH-kee SHAHNG-Ê; October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet. As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work. She is best known for her Obie Award–winning play, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1975). She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl run away from home. Among Shange's honors and awards were fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, a Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, and a Pushcart Prize. In April 2016, Barnard College announced that it had acquired Shange's archive. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ntozake Shange, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002 · Writer
Poetry in Motion
1982 · Self
On Kanopy
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Woman with baby girl, Screenplay
Whitewash
1994 · Writer
On Kanopy
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978 · Self
An Evening with Diana Ross
1977 · Writer
Filmography 6
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002 · Writer
Whitewash
1994 · Writer
On Kanopy
Poetry in Motion
1982 · Self
On Kanopy
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Woman with baby girl, Screenplay
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978 · Self
An Evening with Diana Ross
1977 · Writer