Essence magazine’s December issue features two covers, both shot by Kwaku Alston. One features the women of the Tyler Perry–directed movie For Colored Girls. Clockwise from left: Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Janet Jackson, Tessa Thompson, and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Photo by Kwaku Alston.
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…and the other is a portrait of Perry and the men of the film. From left: Richard Lawson, Hill Harper, Omari Hardwick, Tyler Perry (seated), Khalil Kain, and Michael Ealy.
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Photo by Kwaku Alston.
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To read about the making of the all-star movie, an adaptation of the 1975 Ntozake Shange play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, click here.
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