Taraji P. Henson stars in Tyler Perry’s Netflix thriller ‘Straw,’ filmed in just 4 days and watched 25M times in one week.

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.

A single mother’s harrowing day spirals into chaos in ‘Straw’, Tyler Perry’s gripping Netflix thriller that explores poverty, trauma, and resilience with raw emotion and haunting realism ...

Tyler Perry's latest Netflix release, Straw, hit the streamer on June 6, 2025, and tells the story of a struggling single mother whose life spirals into chaos after a series of misfortunes. What ...