(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Janet Jackson has warned audiences to expect a deep and dark experience when viewing her new film.

The singer-and-actress stars as Jo/Red in For Colored Girls, which details the struggles of nine women in America. The movie boasts other big name stars such as Whoopi Goldberg, Thandie Newton and Kerry Washington, and Janet has warned moviegoers to expect to be moved. She says the film has a sombre tone which may surprise some people.

Theyre [the audience] going to be very shocked at where this takes them and its not a happy place, its very deep and dark, she revealed. I think they wont be quite prepared for the journey it will take them on. But, once again, its learning about the lives of others. And theres somebody in there that you know that you can relate to or find yourself in.

The film has been adapted from the successful play of the same name which ran in theatres to critical acclaim in the late 1970s, written by playwright Ntozake Shange. With the play first showing on stage in New York, Janet is ecstatic that filming took place in the same city.

You can find this story in several communities in different parts of the world, but I love the fact that its in Harlem, that its in New York. It puts a different twist of flavour on it. And just with the play being here and Ntozake and everything basically was born from here, she added. (C) Cover Media