Tyler Perry Hits Back at Hollywood Critics in ‘Maxine’s Baby’ Doc Trailer: ‘What I Will Not Do Is Change Because Some Think It’s Not Art’
variety.comAngelique Jackson Even if you think you know Tyler Perry’s story – his improbable rise from homeless playwright to billionaire media mogul with a dozen Madea movies in between — the first footage from the upcoming documentary “Maxine’s Baby” contextualizes it all in a new way.
In August, Variety exclusively announced that the documentary was heading to Amazon MGM Studios. Directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz, the documentary aims to present an “tender, intimate portrait” of Perry, with its title as a nod to his late mother Willie Maxine Perry, who died in 2009, and the two-and-a-half-minute trailer teases what’s to come.
The trailer opens with Perry backstage before a big event — presumably the 2019 opening of his eponymous 330-acre studio in Atlanta, Ga. “How are you feeling right now sir?” Ortiz asks from behind the lens. “My problem with a lot of things in life is I can float above it.
That’s just from childhood, from abuse,” Perry says solemnly as pictures from his childhood flash by. He closes his eyes and explains: “So, every moment, it’s like, ‘You’re okay, you’re safe.’ It’s just the emotion.
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