BET+: The much-needed 'First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story' film arrives this week

TV shows are great but you can't beat solid movies. Getting a start and finish all within two hours of something groundbreaking and original? Priceless. So it’s no surprise BET+’s Original Movie for First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story is an absolute must-see.

It’s bigger than Big Meech and this trailer proves it. Start the countdown to October 5.

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.