The Six Triple Eight

"They were ordered to provide hope..."

2024 2h 10m EN

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 742

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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.

“They were ordered to provide hope...”

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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

Credits

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Director: Tyler Perry
Writers: Tyler Perry, Brian McKissick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 2 years ago.

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CAST

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242+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tyler Perry, shot by Michael Watson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Aaron Zigman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Maysie Hoy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kerry Washington and Sam Waterston and Susan Sarandon carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They were ordered to provide hope...".

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IMDB entry: tt24458622 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tyler Perry directs. Michael Watson behind the camera. Aaron Zigman scores. Maysie Hoy cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 2 years ago.
2242+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Tyler Perry, shot by Michael Watson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Aaron Zigman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Maysie Hoy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kerry Washington and Sam Waterston and Susan Sarandon carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They were ordered to provide hope...".
8IMDB entry: tt24458622 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 18 themes, including "world war ii", "us army", "racial segregation", "based on true story".

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Watson
Original score: Aaron Zigman
Editing: Maysie Hoy
Production design: Sharon Busse
Costume design: Karyn Wagner
Makeup / hair: Tara DiPetrillo
VFX supervisor: Jeffrey Edward Baksinski
Sound: Doug Andham
Stunt coordinator: Danny Le Boyer
Runtime: 130 min · 2h 10m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Six Triple Eight (2024)

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CinemaSerf2024-12-10
★ 6/10
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 fort awaiting, in vain, orders that will get them meaningfully employed. Well! Now they have a task, and under the command of their newly promoted Maj. Adams (Kerry Washington) are posted to Europe. They are unaware of the sale of their project until presented with half a dozen enormous hangars full to the brim of rotting envelopes, packages and their fair share of rats. Chief amongst the newly arrived soldiers is "Lena" (Ebony Obsidian) who joined up after her beau "Abram" (Gregg Sulkin) went off to war as a pilot and was reportedly killed in action. She, and her determined colleagues, are determined to make a difference and the remainder of this drama depicts their struggles against their own side rife with bigotry and sexism whilst the bombs are never far away and the task is quite literally Herculean - only they can't just divert a river to solve this one. It's a fact, so the conclusion isn't in doubt, and the story is quite an interesting one as it not only challenges stereotypical attitudes, but quite poignantly illustrates how downright counter-productive these were. The execution, though, is all rather bland. Washington is competent but nothing more, indeed that's true of almost all of the acting talent on display here - aside from a lively and earthy effort from Shanice Shantay as the the engagingly rough-around-the-edges Johnnie Mae; and the writing takes a sledge hammer to the racial undertones that, once it's made it's bleedin' obvious point, just proceeds to labour that a bit too heavily. It's fascinating to see glimpses of the "intelligence" these women used to repatriate the post with the person and at times it's quite funny too as their intuition and common sense proved astonishingly effective but that's all rather swept under the carpet as the story focusses too much on the soapy elements of their travails. Indeed the ending, and the significance of their achievement, is all just a bit too rushed. It's a film that might have made for a better documentary celebrating the dedication of these ladies. As a piece of cinema, it's at best an high-quality television movie and an over-long one at that.

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