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MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY Red Carpet Premieres

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World Premiere

Screening to be followed by a conversation with directors Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz.

MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY, directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz, grants the audience unfettered access to the inner world of Tyler Perry, whose story has never fully been told, as he becomes a father and media mogul with a mission to pave his own road to the top. The film is a profound lesson on remembering where you came from in order to know where you want to go. Bekele produced the film under her Bekele Films banner alongside Jasmine K. White and Asante White.

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Gelila Bekele is an Ethiopian American model, activist and documentary filmmaker. Bekele’s filmmaking credits include MAI: LIFE IS NOT HONEY (director), AMBESSA (executive producer) and MODEL ACTIVISTS (director). In 2018, she authored the photography book “Guzo,” a visual chronicle of daily life in Ethiopia.

Armani Ortiz is a film and television director, producer and writer. In addition to directing short documentaries, including Puff Daddy’s MMM, Ortiz has directed episodes of the Tyler Perry shows THE OVAL, RUTHLESS, SISTAS and YOUNG DYLAN, as well as the BET series THE QUEEN’S MEN. MAXINE’S BABY is his debut feature-length documentary.