Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: “The Six Triple Eight” (2024)

March celebrates Women’s History and Irish-American Heritage – The Six Triple Eight (2024) Tyler Perry’s war drama, based on Kevin M. Hymel’s article “Fighting a Two-Front War” (published in the February 2019 issue of WWII History Magazine).  During World War II, 855 women joined the fight to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail – known as the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all-female battalion; faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.  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. Rated PG-13: 2 hours 7 minutes.