Intimate Tyler Perry Documentary ‘Maxine’s Baby’ Headed to Prime, Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAngelique Jackson Tyler Perry’s life and career are set to be chronicled in a new documentary for Amazon Studios, presenting a “tender, intimate portrait” of the billionaire writer, actor, filmmaker, studio head and media mogul. “Perry is America’s consummate multi-hyphenate,” explains a release announcing the film, directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz. “But underneath this entertainment behemoth is a man working humbly to heal his childhood trauma by transforming his pain into promise.” Titled “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story” — a nod to Perry’s late mother Willie Maxine Perry, who died in 2009 – the documentary will begin streaming on Prime Video on Nov.
17. The documentary furthers Amazon’s investment in the Perry business after the parties inked a four-picture deal last fall; however, “Maxine’s Baby” exists separately from that pact, under which Perry will write, direct and produce original projects.
In June, Amazon announced Perry’s first two films: “Black, White & Blue,” a police brutality drama starring Meagan Tandy, Kat Graham and Tyler Lepley; and “Divorce in the Black,” with Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict, which focuses on a broken marriage.
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