First Look: Amazon Releases Trailer For Tyler Perry Biopic ‘Maxine’s Baby’

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Atlanta film mogul Tyler Perry is back with his most personal film yet, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story.

The movie, which is part of Perry’s four-film deal with Amazon Studios, ventures into the upbringing and motivations of a young Emmitt Perry, who later changed his first name to Tyler to disassociate himself from his abusive father.

In the documentary, we see Perry’s dysfunctional childhood and how it played a role in the characters he would create and the stage and screen worlds he would later construct for millions of people.

When Is Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story Coming Out?

Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story is set to stream on November 17 on Amazon Prime.

In addition to his biopic, Perry’s other films with Amazon include:

  • Black, White and Blue, which delves into police brutality.
  • Divorce in the Black, which chronicles a broken marriage.

If you don’t have Prime, you can download it for free and use it for 30 days before you have to pay for it. The 30-day trial is one of the most generous in the streaming world.

Final Act

Perry is a busy man. In addition to casting for various projects in Atlanta, he also recently completed a WWII-era feature film, Six Triple Eight, for Netflix.

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