Sherri Shepherd also stars in this feature about a single mother who gets caught up in a robbery scheme while caring for her sick 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.“ Take a look at the New York screening of Tyler Perry’s Straw below and watch the trailer above.

Tyler Perry’s Straw' is a typically melodramatic yet potent depiction of systemic miseries that lead to a hard-luck heroine’s police standoff.