*Netflix has released the trailer for Tyler Perry’s wartime drama “The Six Triple Eight,” starring Kerry Washington.
This is the story of the war’s only Women’s Army Corps unit of color, which Perry wrote, directed and produced alongside Nicole Avant, Angi Bones, Tony L. Strickland, Keri Selig, and Carlota Espinosa.
Per Tudum, “The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year backlog of mail (17 million pieces of it!) that hadn’t been delivered 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. Given six months to complete the task, the 6888th accomplished their mission in less than 90 days, providing morale when the United States needed it most.”
“Every single person, Black, white, anywhere in between, male, female, anybody can see themselves in those characters,” Avant said during the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. “Because all stories, to me, are human stories. Everything to me is about humanity.”
“I felt like these women were with us in this process,” Washington added. “You felt their spirit all the time.”
Washington plays Major Charity Adams, who commands a battalion of women soldiers. During filming, when a local resident inquired about the project and learned it was a film about the Six Triple Eight, he offered a personal contribution, per Netflix.
“He pulled out a trunk and he opened it up,” Washington said. “And it was my character Charity Adams’ actual trunk. It had her uniforms, it had seeds from her victory garden. It had letters, it had pictures. It was unbelievable.”
According to Netflix, Perry was inspired to create “The Six Triple Eight” after forming a connection with Lena Derriecott King, a former member of the group who passed away at the age of 100 in January 2024.
“We sat in her house for a couple of hours just talking, having a great conversation,” Perry said in a tribute video to King. “And when I left there I had a whole movie in my mind that I wanted to write for her.” Before she passed, Perry sat at her bedside and showed King an incomplete version of the film.
There are only two members of the 6888th Battalion remaining, Fannie McClendon and Anna Mae Robertson.
In a statement on X/Twitter, Perry wrote, “You have no idea what it means to me to have been given the grace and the blessing to be able to tell THIS story! Every detail is dedicated to the memory of the 855 black women and women of color of the Six Triple Eight. When America needed hope, they delivered! ”
“The Six Triple Eight” will debut exclusively on Netflix on Dec. 20.
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