MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY film subject Tyler Perry, directors Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz and producers Asante White and Jasmine K. White attended the special screening of MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta.
Oshea Russell, Michael Bolwaire, Eva Marcille and Keith Swift
Jesseca Harris-Dupart and Da Brat
Crystal Renee Hayslett
DeVon Franklin
R.L. Huggar and Lena Huggar
Toya Johnson
Gelila Bekele, Tyler Perry and Armani Ortiz
Synopsis | Writer, actor, filmmaker, studio head and media titan, Tyler Perry, is America’s consummate multihyphenate. But underneath this entertainment behemoth is a man working humbly to heal his childhood trauma by transforming his pain into promise. Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, a nod to his mother’s love, is a tender and intimate portrait of visionary and innovator Tyler Perry and his harrowing but faithful road to the top of an industry that didn’t always include him. Nearly a decade in the making, with unfettered access, directors Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz lead us into the inner-world of a man, whose story has never fully been told, as he becomes a father and a media mogul with a mission to pave his own road to the top. The product is a profound lesson on remembering where you came from to know where you want to go.
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