Writer, director and actor Tyler Perry is finally premiering the first film he ever wrote more than 25 years ago at TIFF.
The filmmaker, famously known as the creator and main character Madea from ‘Diary of a Mad Black Woman,’ spoke Sunday morning at an industry conference ahead of the evening screening of his film 'A Jazzman’s Blues.'“I can't give people an opinion of it. All I know is I did my best. I did my absolute best,” he said at the conference held at the Canadian Broadcast Centre.
“I knew that I had to secure my footing. I knew that I had to build my brand, build a studio, get to a place where I can stand solid and say ‘Okay, now I want to do some things that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time and Jazzman is one of those things’,” he said. “I thought the timing was right, even though it's a fictional story, if it sparks curiosity that people want to go and research and look back at some of the things that happened during Jim Crow, and some of the things that happened to us as people and our love,” Perry said.The film is a notable change from the trademark comedies that launched him to fame.
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