Abalingisi uRuth Wilson noMat Bomer bazodlala kwi-Drama "Book Ruth", ngokuya nge-biography kaRuthe Cocker Berks, uMama ohlanganyele kulo kuphela wase-Arkansas, owasiza izinsiza ezigulayo.
Isenzo sedrama senzeka ngo-1983. I-Berks (Wilson) iphila impilo yakhe egcwele umsebenzi, inkolo kanye nendodakazi eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala. Lapho kuvela ukuthi umakhelwane wakhe omuhle (uBomer) - uGay, owaphunyuka eNew York ngemuva kokushona komlingani wengculazi, unquma ukulwa nobhubhane oluhlanganisa izwe.
I-Eskript of The Paint ibhalwe i-Polock Pollock yaseRebecca no-Cas Graham ("umgibeli wokugcina", "uBetty Ford"). Umqondisi wefilimu waba ngumqondisi weshashalazi uMichael Arden, ahlelwe kabili ngomklomelo weTony (Theatrical Oscar). Le phrojekthi izoba yi-cinema yakhe. Wamemezela:
Kuyilungelo elikhulu kimi ukuthi ngixoxele le ndaba ngomthwalo wemfanelo womuntu oyedwa phambi kwabanye ngesikhathi senhlekelele. Njengombana, nginomuzwa wokuthi le ndaba ephathelene nozwela onqoba ubandlululo lubaluleke kakhulu esikhathini sethu. Kumele sikhumbule ukuthi balahlekelwe yisizukulwane sonke ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-AIDS nokuthi abantu abaningi, njengoRuthe, banikela ngenduduzo yabo, isikhundla nezindlela zabo zokusiza labo abadinga usizo.
