The Six Triple Eight Is Now streaming on Netflix , starring Kerry Washington. Discover the incredible true story of bravery and resilience.
During WWII, the only US Women’s Army Corps unit of color stationed overseas takes on an impossible mission in Tyler Perry’s drama based on a true story, This film tells the incredible story of the 6888th Battalion, a group of trailblazing ingenious African American women.
This inspirational movie is the work of the inimitable Tyler Perry. He did a masterful job of bringing the story of these great women to life. It is a must see movie which makes it clear that Black History is American History. In the words of the phenomenal educator, Mary McLeod Bethune, “We are anxious for you to know that we want to be and insist upon being considered a part of our American Democracy.
Almost a full century after the end of World War II, new stories about the quiet heroism of everyday individuals continue to come to light. Now Tyler Perry is tackling the war with his new film Six Triple Eight, the story of the war’s only Women’s Army Corps unit of colour. Perry write and directs in his fifth project, starring Kerry Washington, for Netflix.
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year backlog of undelivered mail and delivering the mail to American soldiers far from home. In the face of discrimination and a vast, unfamiliar country divided by global conflict, these 855 women brought hope to the front lines.
In recent years, the story of the 6888th Battalion has finally been told. Perry’s script is based on a 2019 article by Kevin M. Hymel published in WWII History Magazine and President Joe Biden presented the 6888th with the Congressional Medal of Honour in 2022.
