Taraji P. Henson’s A Mom On A Mission In Tyler Perry’s ‘STRAW’ Trailer

Taraji P. Henson steps into the role of a mom with a quest to provide for her daughter by any means necessary in her latest role. In the trailer for Tyler Perry‘s STRAW, released by Netflix on Wednesday (May 14), the actress takes the lead in the dramatic film.

“I didn’t mean to do this, something inside of me broke,” exclaimed the actress in character as Janiya Wiltkinson in the dramatic trailer. “I told them I need my money to get my daughter’s medicine. She’s sick. I just need to cash my check. That’s all.”

The clip continues to detail that the struggling mother and daughter faced eviction as the boiling conflict erupted.

Alongside Henson, the film enlisted the talents of Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Ashley Versher, Mike Merrill, and Glynn Turman. Tyler Perry’s STRAW was written and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker and produced by Perry, Tony L. Strickland, and Angi Bones.

The official logline reads as follows:

“A single mother’s world unravels in chaos as her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to care for her ill daughter. Pushed to the brink by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she’s forced to confront impossible choices in a society that offers her no safety net.“

The movie is set to debut on the streamer on June 6, 2025. Tyler Perry’s STRAW is a part of a handful of projects from the 55-year-old set for Netflix due this year, including Madea’s Destination Wedding and She The People.

“She’s just trying to survive, just trying to be a great mother to her daughter, and then the circumstances in her life cause her to be in this situation,” Perry described of Henson’s character, per Netflix. “I think that a lot of people around the world, no matter if you’re a Black woman or not, will be able to relate to that feeling of, ‘I’m at my last straw.’

Watch the trailer for Tyler Perry’s STRAW above.