Current:Home > Finance'Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story' shows how the famous filmmaker overcame abuse, industry pushback -CapitalTrack
'Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story' shows how the famous filmmaker overcame abuse, industry pushback
View
Date:2025-04-24 23:19:20
Tyler Perry is ready to show fans who he is in a new documentary.
On Tuesday, Prime Video released the trailer for "Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story" which dives into the 54-year-old's upbringing and journey becoming one of this generation's most successful filmmakers.
The synopsis for the film said the "entertainment behemoth," who opened at the top spot at the domestic box office in 2010 for four consecutive years, was once just "a man working humbly to heal his childhood trauma by transforming his pain into promise."
The Emmy-winner has previously shared of his difficult upbringing. In an Oct. 6 Instagram post, he shared a clip of a 2018 interview where he opened up about once being "devastated, broke, hungry, homeless."
The documentary's trailer shows that the film will highlight how Perry changed his name, initially born Emmitt Perry Jr., stemmed from his challenging relationship with his father and abusive childhood. The project also focuses on the death of his mother Willie Maxine Perry in 2009, whose health declined as he faced massive career success.
The "Madea" creator's innovation in the industry is another integral aspect of the film, emphasizing how the performer appealed to a community of viewers that were being neglected, the trailer shows.
Among the stars honoring the Hollywood heavyweight is Oprah Winfrey who emphasized that his success should not be belittled and Gayle King who said "there was no denying the talent and the power of Tyler Perry.”
According to an Amazon Studios news release, the documentary dives 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."
Armani Ortiz, who supported Perry on multiple projects, directed the film alongside Gelila Bekele.
"The product is a profound lesson on remembering where you came from to know where you want to go," the news release reads.
veryGood! (87)
Related
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Charly Barby & Kelly Villares Have Emotional Reaction to Finally Making Team
- ‘Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters
- Shane Lowry carries flag for Irish Olympic team that's set to include Rory McIlroy
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- What to know about NBC's Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony plans and how to watch
- How Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s Kids Played a Part in Deadpool
- NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers off coast of Alaska
- South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
- Why Ballerina Farm Influencer Hannah Neeleman Rejects Tradwife Label
Ranking
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- Video shows fish falling from the sky, smashing Tesla car windshield on Jersey Shore
- Which NFL teams will crash playoff party? Ranking 18 candidates by likelihood
- Britney Spears Clarifies Post Criticizing Halsey's “Cruel” Sample of Lucky
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Lululemon's 2024 Back to School Collection: Must-Have Apparel, Accessories & Essentials for Students
- Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams part of Olympic torch lighting in epic athlete Paris handoff
- Wreckage of schooner that sank in 1893 found in Lake Michigan
Recommendation
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
MLB's best make deadline deal: Austin Hays to Phillies, Orioles get bullpen help
Georgia wide receiver Rara Thomas arrested on cruelty to children, battery charges
Arkansas abortion measure’s signatures from volunteers alone would fall short, filing shows
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Freaky Friday 2: Sneak Peek Photos of Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis Will Take You Away
Nevada election officials certify enough signatures for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to appear on ballot
Recall of Boar’s Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak