(Trailer) “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story” Set To Premiere On Prime Video

The upcoming documentary about Tyler Perry’s remarkable life and extraordinary career, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, offers a tender, intimate portrait of the billionaire writer, actor, filmmaker, studio head, and media mogul, and takes audiences into the inner world of Tyler Perry, whose story has never fully been told. Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz direct the film for Amazon Studios. 

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: his harrowing but faithful road to the top of an industry that didn’t always include him. With unfettered access, directors/filmmakers 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.

The film’s co-directors Bekele and Ortiz said, “Working on this film for the past decade has been a life-changing journey for the both of us. Getting intimately acquainted with the man behind the icon while witnessing the transformative impact of Mr. Perry’s work within various communities has been truly awe-inspiring. We hope this film is more than a road-to-success story, but rather, a meditation on healing, unconditional love, and an inspiration to audiences.”

“Maxine’s Baby” will begin streaming on Prime Video on November 17th.

Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story Official Trailer

Photos courtesy of Prime Video.