The Six Triple Eight
“They were ordered to provide hope...”
Director: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry, Nicole Avant, Keri Selig
Overview
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.
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Cast
Kerry Washington
Charity Adams
Sam Waterston
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Susan Sarandon
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dean Norris
General Halt
Oprah Winfrey
Mary McLeod Bethune
Ebony Obsidian
Lena Derriecott King
Milauna Jackson
Captain Campbell
Kylie Jefferson
Bernice Baker
Shanice Williams
Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)
Pepi Sonuga
Elaine White
Sarah Jeffery
Dolores Washington
Jay Reeves
Private Hugh Bell
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Reviews
6.0CinemaSerf
December 10, 2024
When it's brought to the attention of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Susan Sarandon) that the soldiers fighting in Europe aren't getting their morale-bolstering mail, she convinces her husband (Sam Waterston) that something has to be done about it. Meantime, a regiment of African American women is festering away at a fo…