Trailer to BET+ film ‘First Lady of BMF: Tonesa Welch Story’
BET+ has released the trailer and poster to First Lady of BMF: Tonesa Welch Story, starring Michelle Mitchenor, Tobias Truvillion, Jessica “Jess Hilarious” Moore, Leon, Faith Malonte, Kellie Williams, Daphnique Springs and Tristan Fazekas. Vivica A. Fox is directing from a script penned by Gabrielle Collins. The film premieres October 5 only on BET+.
Tressa Azarel Smallwood and Judge Greg Mathis are exec producing.
Inspired by a true-life story, Tonesa Welch is a middle-class woman, raised in 1980s Detroit, who becomes seduced by the limelight and adventure of being in the drug game. Tonesa meets H, an older, sophisticated head of a drug organization who gives her a taste of the good life. But when H gets locked up, Tonesa forges a new path with a young, trusted confidante (Southwest T). Together, they build a notorious drug empire that puts Tonesa on a path of crime, drugs, infidelity, deception, and redemption.
