Tyler Perry’s STRAW (2025): Monica Reeves (played by a powerful lead actress, e.g., Taraji P. Henson or Kerry Washington) is a hardworking nurse, a single mother of two, and the emotional anchor of a family weighed down by secrets, silence, and suppressed trauma. Her days are a blur of double shifts, court dates, and late-night schoolwork help. But behind her strength lies a simmering storm — one she’s kept tightly sealed for years.
Her teenage son Tyree has begun slipping into trouble, her younger daughter Zara suffers in silence, and Monica’s estranged ex-husband, Derrick, is suddenly back — claiming he’s changed. Monica tries to hold it all together, but each day brings a new challenge. Every “little thing” adds up.
Then comes the final straw.
After a seemingly minor incident at work spirals into a personal crisis, Monica makes a split-second decision that shocks everyone — and forces her to confront decades of buried pain, generational trauma, and a justice system ready to villainize her.
As the story unfolds through courtroom drama, flashbacks, and intimate confessions, STRAW becomes a piercing examination of what it means to be the “strong one,” and what happens when that strength finally breaks.
