Where to watch The Six Triple Eight online

Storyline

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.

Released

2024-12-06
Revenue

n/a
Budget

n/a
Runtime

2hr 10m
Genre

Drama, War, History
Status

Released
Language

English
6.5
Production

Tyler Perry Studios, Mandalay Pictures, Her Excellency Productions, Intuition Productions

Crew

Tyler Perry

Director

Tyler Perry

Writer

Angi Bones

Producer

Keywords:

world war ii based on true story historical military based on magazine, newspaper or article african american history war heartfelt celebratory

Stream and watch The Six Triple Eight

similar movies

Camp X-Ray

Antonia's Line

The Best Years of Our Lives

All the President's Men

The Great Dictator

The Great Love

Lawrence of Arabia

Dog Day Afternoon

Paths of Glory

Seven Years in Tibet

Murrow

Past Life

Eight Women Fighters

Spell Your Name

The Straight Story

The English Patient

Schindler's List

V horách duní

A Beautiful Mind

Erin Brockovich

Cast

Kerry Washington

Charity Adams

Sam Waterston

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Susan Sarandon

Eleanor Roosevelt

Oprah Winfrey

Mary McLeod Bethune

Ebony Obsidian

Lena Derriecott King

Shanice Williams

Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)

Kylie Jefferson

Bernice Baker

Sarah Jeffery

Dolores Washington

Pepi Sonuga

Elaine White

Milauna Jackson

Captain Campbell

Jay Reeves

Private Hugh Bell

Jeanté Godlock

Vera

Moriah Brown

Inez

Baadja-Lyne Odums

Susan

Gregg Sulkin

Abram David

Dean Norris

General Halt

Austin Nichols

Colonel Collins

Ben VanderMey

Captain Mathews

Nick Harris

Chaplain Clemens

Scott Daniel Johnson

General Lee

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

Colonel Davenport

Brian Kurlander

Mr. David

James E Hammond

Parade Officer Colonel (uncredited)

Videos and Photos

Movie Reviews

Reviews for The Six Triple Eight

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-12-10

When it's brought to the attention of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Susan Sarandon) that the soldiers fighting in Europe aren't getting thei... read more

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.