Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story

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.

Following the screening, co-directors Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz will join to 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.

FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED: This event is free and open to all, but registration here is required. Doors open at 6 PM. Registered guests are given priority check-in up to 20 minutes before start time. Just before the program starts all registered seats are released regardless of registration, so we recommend that registered guests arrive early. When all seats are filled no entrance is allowed regardless of registration. There is no overflow seating or standing.

GUESTS: Please note that holding seats in the Langston Hughes Auditorium is strictly prohibited and no food or drinks are allowed brought into the auditorium or Schomburg Center by guests. Strollers must be folded and left in our free coat and bag check area.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, United States