First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story - Production & Contact Info

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story (2023)
120 min | Biography

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First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story (2023)

120 min | Biography

Inspired by the true life of Detroit native Tonesa Welch. It charts Welch's rise from a teenager's mother to a drug dealer, she is referred to by federal prosecutors as "The First Lady of the BMF"

Director

Vivica A. Fox

Writers

Gabrielle Collins | Tressa Azarel Smallwood

Producers

Kristin Iris Johnson | Audrea Topps Harjo

Composer

Teddy Alexander Bishop

Editor

Charles Jones

Casting Director

Lynette J. Blackwell

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Updated Oct 5, 2023

Release date

Oct 5, 2023 (United States)

Awards

2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
47 cast members

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Leon Emerson Emerson See fewer	Cool Runnings (1993)
Michelle Mitchenor Tonesa Welch Tonesa Welch See fewer	First Wives Club (2019)
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