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SECRETS World Premieres, September 16 at 8:00 p.m. on BET

One Man’s Lustful Affair, A Brother’s Jealousy and A Wife’s Suspicions Collide and Unravel a Once Perfect Home in Debut Feature Film

Denyce Lawton, Denise Boutee, Harold “House” Moore, Dennis “LA” White, Tobias Truvillion, Kiya Robert star

Secrets – MegaMind Media’s first feature film world premieres Saturday, September 16, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET.

Secrets follows the story of Tarron, a successful businessman and father of two man who has a sexual appetite larger than what’s on his plate at home. After a compromising, sexual affair complete chaos erupts, tragedy occurs, lies are unearthed and Taron is left picking up the pieces of his disrupted life and broken relationship. Secrets the movie is adapted from the bestselling novel, Secrets of a Housewife by J. Tremble published by Life Changing Books in 2006.

Directed and co-written by Juwan Lee (November Rule), co-written by Jamal Hill (Brotherly Love) and Executive Produced by Co-Founder of MegaMind Media Tressa Azarel Smallwood Secrets was Featured Narrative Film at the 20th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The film is produced in association with Free Mind TV & Films.

Secrets all-star cast includes:

  • Denyce Lawton (Tyler Perry’s House of Payne) plays Taron’s wife, Secret.
  • Denise Boutte (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?) is Victoria, an extremely intelligent and overly flirtatious co-worker.
  • Harold “House” Moore (VH1’s Single Ladies) as Taron, a married father of two and a highly successful architect.
  • Dennis “LA” White (Notorious) portrays the envious and older brother struggling to find his way in life.
  • Tobias Truvillion (Empire) as the brother-in-law serving as a voice of reason.
  • Kiya Robert (Major Deal) plays the role of Secrets cynical best friend
  • Lyric Hurd, Taron and Secret’s daughter.

ABOUT MEGAMIND MEDIA
Megamind Media (@thesecretsmovie) is an American film and production company specializing in book-to-film adaptations and original television series and programming. The company was co-founded by award winning Publisher of Life Changing Books Tressa Azarel Smallwood and business executive Donte Lee.

ABOUT BET NETWORKS BET
Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel is in nearly 85 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa and France. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions including BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER (formerly CENTRIC), a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American woman; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET’s growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET Networks around the globe.

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Troy D. Johnson is the President, founder and webmaster of AALBC.com, LLC (The African American Literature Book Club). Launched in March of 1998, AALBC.com has grown to become the largest and most frequently visited website dedicated to books and films by and about people of African descent.