Acting credits
4
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Ntozake Shange
Writing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 7Series: 1Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 1258606
IMDb ID: nm0788110
Known for: Writing
Born: October 18, 1948
Died: October 27, 2018
Age: 70
Place of birth: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1977 - 2014
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q511742
Other jobs
Writer (3)Theatre Play (2)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ntozake Shange.
6.7
For Colored Girls
Theatre Play
2010 Movie
6.9
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Writer
2002 Movie
6.0
Whitewash
Writer
1994 Movie
7.0
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982 Movie
10.0
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman with baby girl
1982 Movie
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as Self
1978 Movie
An Evening with Diana Ross
Writer
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ntozake Shange.
