Directed by
Writing Credits (WGA)
| Tyler Perry | ... | (screenplay) |
| Ntozake Shange | ... | (play) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Produced by
| Ozzie Areu | ... | supervising producer |
| Roger M. Bobb | ... | producer |
| Deborah Evans | ... | line producer (as Deborah A. Evans) |
| Joseph P. Genier | ... | executive producer |
| Paul Hall | ... | producer |
| Charisse Nesbit | ... | co-producer |
| Michael Paseornek | ... | executive producer |
| Tyler Perry | ... | producer |
| Nzingha Stewart | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Cinematography by
Film Editing by
Casting By
| Robi Reed | ... | (as Robi Reed-Humes) |
Production Design by
Art Direction by
| Kahlil Bess | ... | (new york unit) |
| Roswell Hamrick | ||
| Audrey Soodoo-Raphael |
Set Decoration by
Costume Design by
Makeup Department
| Lay'Na Anderson | ... | makeup artist |
| Maurice Beaman | ... | hair stylist |
| Monique Benoit | ... | additional makeup artist: New York |
| Carol 'Ci Ci' Campbell | ... | first assistant hairstylist: New York (as Carol 'C.C.' Campbell) |
| Veronica Cox | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Felice Diamond | ... | first assistant makeup artist: New York |
| Anita Gibson | ... | makeup department head |
| Valerie Gladstone-Appel | ... | key hair stylist (as Valarie Gladstone) |
| Deaundra Harris-Metzger | ... | hair stylist |
| John James | ... | hair stylist: New York |
| Janeen Loria | ... | hair stylist |
| David Presto | ... | custom tattoo artist |
| Evelyn Roach | ... | hair stylist |
| Monty Schuth | ... | hair stylist |
| Nico Sohn | ... | makeup artist |
| Keitric Starks | ... | makeup artist |
| Takisha Sturdivant | ... | hair stylist: New York (as Takisha Sturdivant-Drew) |
| Dawn Turner | ... | hair stylist |
| Kenneth Walker | ... | hair department head |
| Dionne Wynn | ... | key makeup artist |
Production Management
| Petra Hoebel | ... | production manager: New York |
| Mark W. McCoy | ... | post production manager (as Mark McCoy) |
| Curtis A. Miller | ... | production director |
| Carl Pedregal | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Donna Sloan | ... | executive in charge of production: Lions Gate Films |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Roger M. Bobb | ... | first assistant director |
| Angi Bones | ... | second assistant director (as Angelique Bones) |
| Rhonda Guthrie | ... | second second assistant director |
| Antoine Massey | ... | dga trainee |
Art Department
| Christopher Amerson | ... | painter |
| Calvin Ashford | ... | assistant to production designer |
| Bil Barnes | ... | additional on-set dresser / set dresser |
| Eric Bomba-Ire | ... | set dresser |
| Heather Bowers | ... | assistant propmaster (as Heather Kane) |
| Billy Bricker | ... | gang boss |
| Sarah Bricker | ... | set dresser |
| Danny Brown | ... | set designer |
| Amanda Carroll | ... | set decorator: New York |
| Cristina Lucia Cesari | ... | buyer |
| Carl Cocker | ... | propmaker |
| Eddie DeCurtis | ... | set dresser |
| Peter DeCurtis | ... | leadman: New York |
| Russ Dickerson | ... | general foreman |
| Daniel Elliott | ... | utility |
| Mike Ellison | ... | set dresser |
| Jeremy Farlow | ... | welder |
| Karen A. Felix | ... | assistant property master |
| Rick Fields | ... | utility |
| Brenda Findley | ... | art department coordinator |
| Carol Francoso | ... | scenic artist |
| Seth Gardner | ... | propmaker |
| William O. Greenwood III | ... | prop maker (as William O. Greenwood II) |
| Rob Hamby | ... | propmaker |
| Trent Hevener | ... | prop maker |
| Meldas Hodges | ... | set dresser |
| Malchus Janocko | ... | assistant art director |
| Sean Ryan Jennings | ... | art department production assistant: New York |
| Shun Jester | ... | leadman |
| Robin D. Jones | ... | construction buyer |
| Joshua Justis | ... | set dresser |
| Kathleen Kasinger | ... | property master |
| Solomon King | ... | propmaker |
| Rich Koll | ... | gang boss |
| Kevin Ladson | ... | property master: New York |
| Eliot Levin | ... | props assistant |
| Konrad Lewis | ... | set dresser |
| Meredith Lippincott | ... | set dec production assistant: New York |
| Patrick J. Martin | ... | gang boss |
| David H. Nash | ... | gang boss |
| Sheila Nash | ... | draftsperson |
| Mark Nave | ... | gang boss |
| Valerie Nolan | ... | set decoration buyer: New York |
| Joe O'Shea | ... | construction medic |
| Reginald Robert | ... | set dresser |
| Melinda Sanders | ... | buyer |
| Chris Sheetz | ... | gang boss |
| Joey Sisson | ... | set dresser (as Joey Hall-Sisson) / set dresser |
| Kimberly Slosek | ... | props |
| Brian D. Smith | ... | propmaker |
| Noreen Souza-Bailey | ... | shop production assistant: New York |
| Mary Stacy | ... | buyer |
| Mike Sullivan | ... | scenic chargeman |
| Alexa-Michelle Tarver | ... | clearances coordinator / construction auditor |
| Richard Tenewitz | ... | additional construction manager: New York |
| Christopher T. Thompson | ... | art department production assistant: New York |
| Monika van Schellenbeck | ... | set decoration buyer |
| James Bryant Wactor | ... | prop maker |
| Dion Watkins | ... | art production assistant |
| John Weeks | ... | carpenter |
| Shauna Williams | ... | art assistant |
| Jay Womer | ... | construction coordinator |
| Tim Zydel | ... | on-set dresser |
| Brittany Cohn | ... | prop intern (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Steve Bartkowicz | ... | sound re-recording engineer |
| Ron Bedrosian | ... | adr mixer |
| Damian Canelos | ... | sound mixer |
| Kerry Carmean-Williams | ... | sound editor (as Kerry Ann Carmean) |
| Dan Furst | ... | video assist |
| Nick Kray | ... | adr mixer |
| Daniel J. Leahy | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Jason C. Lewis | ... | sound utility |
| Colt Logan | ... | boom operator |
| James Moriana | ... | foley artist |
| Todd Niesen | ... | dialogue denoising |
| Stephen P. Robinson | ... | sound designer |
| Paul Sorohan | ... | sound utility |
| David Stanke | ... | first assistant sound editor |
| Michael Stern | ... | pro tools playback operator |
| Trevor Stott | ... | additional boom operator |
| Gary Summers | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Seth Tallman | ... | boom operator |
| Jon Title | ... | sound effects editor |
| Brett Voss | ... | foley mixer |
| Todd Weaver | ... | pro tools playback mixer (as Christopher Todd Weaver) |
| Jeffrey Wilhoit | ... | foley artist |
| Michael D. Wilhoit | ... | supervising sound editor |
Special Effects by
| Elliot Holmes | ... | special effects technician |
| Eric A. Martin | ... | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
| John Brubaker | ... | digital compositor: 2G Digital Post |
| Scott Dougherty | ... | visual effects executive producer: Furious FX |
| Carl Frytz | ... | animator |
| Cortney Haile | ... | visual effects executive |
| Spencer Hecox | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Brian Holter | ... | digital compositor |
| Patrick Keenan | ... | lead compositor: 2G Digital Post |
| Sean Mattini | ... | digital colorist assistant |
| James P. Noon | ... | tracking |
| Francesco Panzieri | ... | 3d artist/compositor: 2G Digital Post |
| Justin Pascal | ... | compositor |
| Jason Sanford | ... | visual effects producer |
| Prateep Siamwalla | ... | tracking |
| Tiffany Smith | ... | visual effects producer: Furious FX |
| Kaya Thomas | ... | main title designer |
| Ashley J. Ward | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Xye | ... | tracking |
Stunts
| Brent Bernhard | ... | assistant stunt coordinator / utility stunts |
| Avis Boone | ... | stunt double |
| Scott Dale | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Rose Sias | ... | stunt double |
| Matthew R. Staley | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
| Eddie L. Watkins | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Nick D. Allin | ... | grip: additional |
| Reid Andrews | ... | electrician |
| Chris Antignane | ... | electrician |
| Joshua Adam Bermudez | ... | grip |
| Dane Bjerno | ... | aerial camera technician |
| Kenneth Bolton | ... | dolly grip: "b" camera |
| Brigidlynn Capelletti | ... | electrician |
| Brian Carmichael | ... | video assist operator |
| Tyler Childs | ... | electrician |
| Ted Chu | ... | camera operator: "a" camera |
| Quantrell D. Colbert | ... | still photographer |
| Juvonn Daves | ... | grip |
| Alfeo Dixon | ... | additional camera operator: "c" camera |
| Donny Fowler | ... | electrician |
| Sergei Franklin | ... | director of photography: second unit, New York |
| William Frazier | ... | electrician |
| Dan Furst | ... | video assist |
| Michael Gallart | ... | gaffer: second unit |
| John Geisler | ... | grip |
| Mike Gentry | ... | electrician |
| Melissa Hollingsworth | ... | dimmer board operator |
| Matthew Horn | ... | camera loader / film loader |
| Lane Leagans | ... | best boy grip |
| Sherri Angela Leger | ... | second assistant camera: "b" camera |
| Grg Magidow | ... | first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Greg Magidow) |
| Michael J. Maurer | ... | rigging electrician: New York |
| Sean McCardell | ... | rigging gaffer: New York |
| Daniel McDowell | ... | rigging electrician |
| Michael A. McFadden | ... | rigging grip: second unit |
| Matthew McGinn | ... | additional film loader |
| Christopher L. Miller | ... | grip |
| Christopher Mills | ... | epk camera operator |
| Kevin Murphy | ... | gaffer |
| Matt Neel | ... | electrician |
| Jerry Chief Parker | ... | electrician (as Jerry Parker) |
| Jesse Wayne Parker | ... | key grip |
| Meiklejohn Pate | ... | rigging grip |
| Christopher E. Pettus | ... | electrician (as Christopher Earl Pettus) |
| Kelly Price | ... | grip |
| Lance Rieck | ... | scorpio head technician |
| Matt Robinson | ... | rigging grip |
| Mike Robinson | ... | rigging gaffer |
| David Shakibanasab | ... | lamp operator |
| Louis Smith | ... | second assistant camera: "a" camera |
| Jeff C. Sutton | ... | electrician |
| Randy Tharpe | ... | grip |
| Cris Toebben | ... | basecamp electrician |
| Steve Zigler | ... | best boy electric |
| John Trapman | ... | aerial director of photography (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Aba Arthur | ... | casting assistant |
| Marquita Bradley | ... | extras casting intern: New York |
| Rhavynn Drummer | ... | casting assistant |
| Brittany N. Grooms | ... | extras casting assistant |
| Barbara Harris | ... | adr voice casting |
| Talisha McClaney | ... | extras casting assistant |
| George Pierre | ... | extras casting |
| Doran Reed | ... | casting associate |
| Ashley D. Robinson | ... | extras casting |
| Alpha Tyler | ... | additional casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Queensylvia Akuchie | ... | set costumer (as Sylvia Akuchie) |
| Alex Bovaird | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Scott T. Coppock | ... | milliner |
| Shayne Allen Duhon | ... | set costumer |
| Careen Fowles | ... | costume supervisor: New York |
| Shavon Christina Gihan | ... | costumer |
| Rhonney Greene | ... | costume set supervisor |
| Diane J. Harriday | ... | seamstress |
| Darlene Jackson | ... | costume supervisor |
| Aliyah Kirkland | ... | wardrobe production assistant (as Aliyah I. Baynes) |
| Alison Levine | ... | costume assistant |
| Carmia Marshall | ... | set costumer |
| Lonnie McQuarters | ... | costume shopper |
| Katie Nolff | ... | costume production assistant |
| Natasha Noor | ... | costume assistant (as Natasha Noorvash) |
| Shady Patterson | ... | costume p.a. |
| Janet Ross | ... | set costumer |
| Minerva Diann Savoy | ... | seamstress |
| Ellen Semones | ... | shopper |
| Jeffrey Wirsing | ... | ager/dyer |
Editorial Department
| Rick J. Brown | ... | colorist: dailies (as Rick Brown) |
| Tricia Chiarenza | ... | color timer |
| Kimberly Ellis | ... | post-production assistant (as Kimberly Wilhoit) |
| Jermaine R. Gill | ... | color correction assistant |
| Eileen Godoy | ... | digital intermediate producer |
| Rachel Faith Hanson | ... | dailies |
| Matt Hull | ... | digital intermediate assistant producer |
| Ken Lebre | ... | dailies producer |
| Natasha Leonnet | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
| Curtis Lindersmith | ... | digital intermediate editor |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | dailies operator |
| Joi McMillon | ... | first assistant editor |
| Justin Powell | ... | post-production assistant |
| Ariana Young | ... | post-production coordinator |
Location Management
| Jeffrey A. Brown | ... | location scout: New York |
| John Findley | ... | location manager (as John Findley III) |
| Erin G. Fuller | ... | location scout (as Erin G. Fisher) |
| Cassie Hay | ... | location scout (as Cassie Bryant) |
| Ian MacGregor | ... | location manager: New York |
| Karen Marie Mason | ... | assistant location manager |
| LeRoy McCarthy | ... | location manager |
| Jennifer Quesenbery | ... | location scout |
| Jason Quimby | ... | location scout: New York unit |
| Justin Rosini | ... | assistant location manager: New York / location scout: New York |
| Collin Smith | ... | supervising location manager |
| Ryan Christopher Taylor | ... | location assistant (as Ryan Taylor) |
| Dennis Voskov | ... | location scout |
| Thomas Wohlford | ... | location manager |
| Noah Eberhart | ... | locations intern (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Joshua Bell | ... | musician: violin solos |
| Johnny Caruso | ... | supervising music editor |
| Alex Cohen | ... | music assistant |
| Sandy DeCrescent | ... | orchestra contractor |
| Claire Seely Fedoruk | ... | score vocalist |
| Nick Fevola | ... | music preparation |
| Aaron E. Fink | ... | music assistant (as Aaron Fink) |
| Harriet Fraser | ... | score vocalist |
| Jerry Hey | ... | orchestrator |
| Joel C. High | ... | music supervisor |
| The Hollywood Studio Symphony | ... | music performed by (as The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra) |
| Steve Juliani | ... | music preparation (as Steven Juliani) |
| Brian Kilgore | ... | musician: percussion |
| Stephanie Kremer | ... | general manager: music |
| Mateo Laboriel | ... | music programmer |
| Sharmila Guha Lash | ... | score vocalist |
| Ernest Lee | ... | additional engineering (as Ernie Lee) |
| Michael Lichtenauer | ... | score vocalist |
| Matt Lilley | ... | music clearance and licensing |
| Michael J. Lloyd | ... | music preparation |
| Rebecca Rienks | ... | assistant music supervisor |
| Peter Rotter | ... | music contractor |
| Dennis S. Sands | ... | music recordist (as Dennis Sands) / music scoring mixer |
| Rebecca Sjowall | ... | music preparation |
| Michael Stern | ... | music recordist / music scoring mixer |
| Willa Yudell | ... | music assistant |
| Sam Zeines | ... | music editor |
| Aaron Zigman | ... | conductor / musician: piano / orchestrator |
| George Doering | ... | musician (uncredited) |
| Jay Faires | ... | music executive (uncredited) |
| Maria Newman | ... | musician (uncredited) |
| Jasper Randall | ... | choir contractor (uncredited) |
| Robert L. Smith | ... | score recordist (uncredited) |
| Dara Wedler | ... | music coordinator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Amy Blanc Lacy | ... | script supervisor (as Amy A. Blanc) |
Transportation Department
| Tim Barker | ... | transportation |
| Tracy L. Coker | ... | hair/make-up driver |
| Thomas Fountain | ... | driver |
| Derek James Gober | ... | driver: cast |
| Daniel La Fave | ... | production driver |
| Cindy Parker | ... | transportation coordinator |
| J.L. Parker | ... | transportation captain |
| Janet Perrotti | ... | transportation co-captain |
| Windi Robinson | ... | driver: Construction Truck |
| Dennis Salomone Sr. | ... | transportation captain: New York (as Dennis Salomone) |
| Patricia Sammons | ... | driver |
| Ralph Strickland | ... | driver: cast |
| Kevin R. Wood | ... | transportation co-captain: New York |
Additional Crew
| Dana Abercrombie | ... | stand-in |
| Adi Amit | ... | production coordinator: New York |
| Jill Andrade | ... | assistant: Mr. Areu |
| Giuseppe Ardizzone | ... | set production assistant: New York |
| Ozzie Areu | ... | president: Tyler Perry Studios |
| Will Areu | ... | senior vice president: production and operations |
| Alex C. Askew | ... | production assistant |
| Colbert Bernard | ... | set production assistant |
| John D. Bert | ... | craft service |
| Khalilah Birdsong | ... | TPS creative executive |
| Justin Bones | ... | key set production assistant |
| Crystal D. Brown | ... | production assistant |
| David Michael Brown | ... | craft service |
| Andrea Carter | ... | stand-in |
| Al Cerullo | ... | helicopter pilot |
| Jade Holmes Christian | ... | office production assistant (as Jade A. Holmes) |
| Amyjoy Clark | ... | payroll accountant: New York |
| Ami Cohen | ... | production department coordinator |
| Angela Coleman | ... | first assistant accountant: New York |
| Dana Corl | ... | production secretary: New York |
| Michael L. Covington | ... | stand-in (as Michael Covington) |
| Derrick Doose | ... | key set production assistant |
| Nick Doumlele | ... | office production assistant: New York |
| Gil Duldulao | ... | choreographer |
| Sonhara Eastman | ... | assistant: Mr. Hall (as Sonhara "Sunny" Dawkins) |
| Veronica M. Fultz | ... | assistant: Ms. Evans |
| Ellen Gannon | ... | production coordinator: New York |
| Tsedy Gebeyehu | ... | assistant production coordinator |
| Maya Goodwin | ... | looping group |
| Lindsay Gores | ... | production staff |
| Valencia Y. Hawkins | ... | executive assistant: Mr. Bobb (as Valencia Hawkins) |
| Atiya Henry | ... | assistant: Mr. Genier (as Atiya M. Henry) |
| Kevin Hill | ... | office production assistant: New York |
| Bill Jacks | ... | manager of business and legal affairs |
| Cindy L. Jefferson | ... | stand-in (as Cindy Jefferson) |
| Carmen K. Jones | ... | production secretary (as Carmen K. Brown) |
| Jina Jones | ... | assistant: Mr. Paseornek |
| Haweni Keskessa | ... | second assistant accountant |
| Chrissy Kim | ... | credits coordinator |
| Kellye Lloyd | ... | accounting intern |
| John Van Loan | ... | set medic |
| Chasity Lowe | ... | medic |
| Paul Lowe | ... | key set medic |
| Dan Masciarelli | ... | producer: main titles, Rok!t |
| Chris Mello | ... | credits coordinator |
| Robert M. Melnik | ... | executive vice president of business affairs |
| Cheryl Miller | ... | production coordinator |
| Jamie Morris | ... | first assistant accountant |
| Sean C. Nattini | ... | office production assistant: New York |
| Elena Nordé | ... | stand-in |
| Gary Ousdahl | ... | story editor: 34th Street Films |
| Tim Palen | ... | Co-President, Theatrical Marketing: Lionsgate |
| Jennifer Parris | ... | production assistant |
| Timothy Scott Ralston | ... | screening operations executive (as Timothy Ralston) |
| Amber Rasberry | ... | creative executive |
| Andrew Riley | ... | production assistant |
| Mercedes Sanders | ... | stand-in (as Mercedes Saunders) |
| Jennifer Schoenherz | ... | executive assistant: Mr. Areu |
| Salpy Semerdjian | ... | payroll accountant: New York |
| Hakim Shakoor | ... | caterer: chef |
| Beatrice Simmons | ... | key craft service |
| Nikki Simpson | ... | production secretary |
| Kimberly S. Smith | ... | accounting clerk |
| Oreathia C. Smith | ... | accounting intern |
| Ty A. Smith | ... | stand-in |
| Julie Solomon | ... | accounting clerk: New York |
| Robin Spears | ... | set production assistant |
| Amanda Sutton | ... | post production payroll accountant |
| Joshua Tanksley | ... | stand-in |
| Amy R. Trachtman | ... | assistant production coordinator: New York |
| Stan Umamoto | ... | payroll accountant |
| Roberto Villareal | ... | set production assistant |
| Carole Wurst | ... | executive assistant: Mr. Perry |
| Derek Yip | ... | production accountant |
| Erica Young | ... | set production assistant |
| Chris Saharek | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
