Tyler Perry tells his life story in a new documentary.
On Tuesday, Prime Video released a trailer for Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Storywhich delves into the details of the 54-year-old’s upbringing and journey towards becoming one of the most successful filmmakers of his generation.
The trailer for the documentary opens with a clip from Perry’s 2010 appearance on CBS 60 minutesnoting that at the time, five of Perry’s films had topped the domestic box office in the four previous years.
The trailer then tells how Perry, born Emmitt Perry Jr., changed his name due to a difficult relationship with his father and an abusive childhood. People interviewed in the film note that Perry “broke every rule” in Hollywood when he broke out in 2005. Diary of a Mad Black Woman and in 2006 Madea’s family reunion.
The upcoming documentary will also delve into Perry’s relationship with his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, and how her death in 2009 affected him at the height of his success.
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Tyler Perry in ‘Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story’.
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While the documentary’s official synopsis describes Perry as an “entertainment giant,” it also notes that Perry is “a man humbly working to heal his childhood trauma by turning his pain into promise.”
According to Prime Video, the documentary — named after his mother — “is a tender and intimate portrait of visionary and innovator Tyler Perry and his harrowing but faithful journey to the top of an industry that didn’t always include him.”
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Directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz, the latter of whom has worked with Perry on a number of projects in recent years, the film will take Perry fans “into the inner world of a man whose story has never been fully told, becoming a father and a media mogul on a mission to pave his own way.” to the top,” the streamer shared.
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Poster for ‘Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story’.
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Perry has spoken about his difficult childhood and past several times over the years. On October 6, he shared a video interview from 2018 on Instagram. During that conversation, he talked about how he was “ruined, broke, hungry, homeless” at the beginning of his career.
“People would think it was a failure,” he said at the time. “But it was a setup for the next thing. Everything I thought was there to make me fail and destroy me is something that makes me stronger and better. Failure is a prism; it’s how you look at it.”
Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story debuts November 17 on Prime Video.
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