
Red Tails(2012)
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.


“They were ordered to provide hope...”
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.

Kerry Washington
Charity Adams

Sam Waterston
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Susan Sarandon
Eleanor Roosevelt

Dean Norris
General Halt

Oprah Winfrey
Mary McLeod Bethune

Ebony Obsidian
Lena Derriecott King

Milauna Jackson
Captain Campbell

Kylie Jefferson
Bernice Baker

Shanice Williams
Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)

Pepi Sonuga
Elaine White
The Six Triple Eight is a drama, war, history film released in 2024 exploring themes of world war ii, based on true story, historical, military, based on magazine, newspaper or article, african american history. Directed by Tyler Perry, it stars Kerry Washington, Sam Waterston, Susan Sarandon. 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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