The Six Triple Eight (2024)

Synopsis

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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Where to watch

Stream

• Netflix
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Cast

• Kerry Washington as Charity Adams
• Sam Waterston as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Susan Sarandon as Eleanor Roosevelt
• Dean Norris as General Halt
• Oprah Winfrey as Mary McLeod Bethune
• Ebony Obsidian as Lena Derriecott King
• Milauna Jackson as Captain Campbell
• Kylie Jefferson as Bernice Baker
• Shanice Williams as Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)
• Pepi Sonuga as Elaine White

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