The Six Triple Eight

The Six Triple Eight is a 2024 American war drama film that tells a story about Captain Charity Adams, a commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion who is determined to correct the undelivered mail in World War II.

Directed by Tyler Perry; Written by Tyler Perry; Produced by Tyler Perry, Keri Selig, Carlota Espinoza, Tony Strickland, Nicole Avant, and Angi Bones; Based on the article "Fighting a Two-Front War" by Kevin M. Hymel

When America needed hope, they delivered

Charity Adams

• You're not only in the Army, you're women, and you're Negros. And because you're Negros and women you don't have the luxury to be as good as the white soldiers, you have the burden to be better. Remember, you're not only representing America, you're representing the Negros of America.
• They're already of the opinion that the Negro woman is dumb, inferior and lazy. And I'll be damned it I allow a woman in my unit to prove them correct!

Dialogue

General Halt: Are you opening and reading this man?

Charity Adams: So, only in the case where we cannot locate the soldier, sir.

General Halt: Are you kidding me? Y'all opening and reading the letters of these white soldiers?

Charity Adams: Well, sir, sometimes that is the only way to get the clues to find out where they might be.

General Halt: This is private, Major. Have you lost what little left of your mind? I tried to go over my head, get soldiers buried that he had killed. He got damn killed because you did not train them well! So now, President Roosevelt has died. This little experiment gonna be shut down immediately. I think I'm gonna have you relieved the young duties, and I'm gonna bring a white lieutenant to here to show you how to run this unit.

Charity Adams: Over my dead body, sir.

General Halt: [walks into Adams' face] What did you say?

Charity Adams: Sir, with all due respect, my battalion is working day and night in horrible conditions. We have no heat most of the time. It gets so cold that the women have to put the water in helmets to wash themselves. You gave us this place to turn into a barracks with no bed and no help, and my women are harassed , and then they are befriended only to be asked if they have tails under their skirts after midnight because of the rumors of white soldiers! You sent a chaplain not to pray, but to spy on us! We just lost two soldiers to a UXB who were highly trained, and I know because I trained them and you wouldn't even give the orders for them to have a proper burial! Now, I know we are fighting a war, but our war starts with being Negro! We are fighting on every front! So as I said, sir, over my dead body, sir. [Halt, stunned by Adams' words, backs away from her]

Cast

• Kerry Washington as Major Charity Adams
• Ebony Obsidian as Lena Derriecott Bell King
• Dean Norris as General Halt
• Sam Waterston as Franklin Roosevelt
• Oprah Winfrey as Mary McLeod Bethune
• Susan Sarandon as Eleanor Roosevelt
• Milauna Jackson as Captain Noel Campbell
• Kylie Jefferson as Bernice Baker
• Shanice Shantay as Johnnie Mae Burton
• Sarah Jeffery as Dolores Washington
• Pepi Sonuga as Elaine White
• Sarah Helbringer as Mary Kathryn
• Jay Reeves as Private Hugh Bell
• Jeanté Godlock as Vera Scott
• Moriah Brown as Inez Bright
• Gregg Sulkin as Abram David
• Donna Biscoe as Emma Derriecott
• Baadja-Lyne Odums as Susie
• Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Colonel Davenport
• Nick Harris as Chaplain Clemens
• Austin Nichols as Collins

External links

• The Six Triple Eight quotes at the Internet Movie Database