Vivica A. Fox is stepping behind the camera to direct a new project, “First Lady of BMF: Tonessa Welch Story,” a new movie coming to BET+. The movie stars Michelle Mitchenor, Tobias Truvillion, Jessica “Jess Hilarious” Moore, Leon, Faith Malonte, Kellie Williams, Daphnique Springs, and Tristan Fazekas.
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.
