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The Six Triple Eight
The Six Triple Eight is a 2024 American war drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all-female battalion, in World War II. It is based on the article "Fighting a Two-Front War" by Kevin M. Hymel. The film features an ensemble cast, including Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Gregg Sulkin, Susan Sarandon, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, Kylie Jefferson, Moriah Brown, and Oprah Winfrey.
The Six Triple Eight was released in some cinemas on December 6, 2024. The film's featured song, "The Journey", was nominated for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards. The film won all five of its nominations at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture and acting wins for Washington, Obsidian, and the ensemble cast. In June 2025, the film received the DAR Media and Entertainment Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
A West Virginian mother waits daily for news from her two sons serving overseas while childhood friends Lena and Abram face the difficulty of their budding romance (Lena is black and Abram is Jewish) in 1940s Philadelphia. Abram, warned for deployment, promises Lena's mother he will come to her house and court Lena properly after the war. When Abram is killed in action as a fighter pilot, the heartbroken Lena enlists after graduating school. She befriends other enlistees on the train to Georgia for basic training.
Captain Charity Adams and Lieutenant Noel Campbell train the recruits but the battalion is not shipped overseas. The West Virginian mother convinces First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that mail from relatives overseas is severely delayed. President Roosevelt discusses the issue at a meeting with Mary MacLeod Bethune in attendance and learns supply shipments have been prioritized over mail, leaving millions of letters and packages piled up in Britain. Clearing the backlog has become a logistical nightmare that several units have been unable to resolve, including a white WAC unit. Bethune insists the black Women's Army Corps unit commanded by Adams can do it.
The battalion travels to Glasgow aboard Île de France without naval escort. Once ashore the racist commanding officer, General Halt, forces them to march through the city to a disused, rat-infested, unheated boarding school. The newly-promoted Major Adams and Captain Campbell are given six months to turn the school into a post office and barracks, and clear the two-year backlog of undelivered mail, a deadline intended to ensure their failure.
The battalion establishes liveable quarters, a pristine mess hall, and an efficient mail sorting hall. Lena loses her composure watching nonchalant handling of dog tags found in damaged letters, breaks down and confides to her friends her connection to Abram. Memories of not receiving any of his letters makes her appreciate how important their job is. Her friends promise to watch for letters addressed to her, and Major Adams tells Lena that her story has also made her realize the importance of their work.
The battalion learns their first two months of sorted mail was undeliverable, and is asked to host black soldiers at a dance to boost morale. Lena sees Hugh there, whom she had met previously at the 6888th's training base in Georgia. They start to dance, but she leaves upon hearing a song she associates with Abram. They decide to be friends.
When white officers discover that letters are occasionally opened, the battalion's members respond by describing the challenges they face, such as multiple instances of identical names, multiple locator cards for soldiers as their units move, rats damaging the packages, and mold from care packages from home destroying addresses. The same day that a letter from Abram to Lena is found, two women of the 6888th are killed by an unexploded bomb. After their burial at Brookwood Cemetery, Lena visits Abram's grave, where she reads his letter. In it, he tells her to live a long life and she finally gets closure.
The Six Triple Eight
The Six Triple Eight is a 2024 American war drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all-female battalion, in World War II. It is based on the article "Fighting a Two-Front War" by Kevin M. Hymel. The film features an ensemble cast, including Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Gregg Sulkin, Susan Sarandon, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, Kylie Jefferson, Moriah Brown, and Oprah Winfrey.
The Six Triple Eight was released in some cinemas on December 6, 2024. The film's featured song, "The Journey", was nominated for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards. The film won all five of its nominations at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture and acting wins for Washington, Obsidian, and the ensemble cast. In June 2025, the film received the DAR Media and Entertainment Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
A West Virginian mother waits daily for news from her two sons serving overseas while childhood friends Lena and Abram face the difficulty of their budding romance (Lena is black and Abram is Jewish) in 1940s Philadelphia. Abram, warned for deployment, promises Lena's mother he will come to her house and court Lena properly after the war. When Abram is killed in action as a fighter pilot, the heartbroken Lena enlists after graduating school. She befriends other enlistees on the train to Georgia for basic training.
Captain Charity Adams and Lieutenant Noel Campbell train the recruits but the battalion is not shipped overseas. The West Virginian mother convinces First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that mail from relatives overseas is severely delayed. President Roosevelt discusses the issue at a meeting with Mary MacLeod Bethune in attendance and learns supply shipments have been prioritized over mail, leaving millions of letters and packages piled up in Britain. Clearing the backlog has become a logistical nightmare that several units have been unable to resolve, including a white WAC unit. Bethune insists the black Women's Army Corps unit commanded by Adams can do it.
The battalion travels to Glasgow aboard Île de France without naval escort. Once ashore the racist commanding officer, General Halt, forces them to march through the city to a disused, rat-infested, unheated boarding school. The newly-promoted Major Adams and Captain Campbell are given six months to turn the school into a post office and barracks, and clear the two-year backlog of undelivered mail, a deadline intended to ensure their failure.
The battalion establishes liveable quarters, a pristine mess hall, and an efficient mail sorting hall. Lena loses her composure watching nonchalant handling of dog tags found in damaged letters, breaks down and confides to her friends her connection to Abram. Memories of not receiving any of his letters makes her appreciate how important their job is. Her friends promise to watch for letters addressed to her, and Major Adams tells Lena that her story has also made her realize the importance of their work.
The battalion learns their first two months of sorted mail was undeliverable, and is asked to host black soldiers at a dance to boost morale. Lena sees Hugh there, whom she had met previously at the 6888th's training base in Georgia. They start to dance, but she leaves upon hearing a song she associates with Abram. They decide to be friends.
When white officers discover that letters are occasionally opened, the battalion's members respond by describing the challenges they face, such as multiple instances of identical names, multiple locator cards for soldiers as their units move, rats damaging the packages, and mold from care packages from home destroying addresses. The same day that a letter from Abram to Lena is found, two women of the 6888th are killed by an unexploded bomb. After their burial at Brookwood Cemetery, Lena visits Abram's grave, where she reads his letter. In it, he tells her to live a long life and she finally gets closure.