The Six Triple Eight

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.

Drama War History

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)

Sarah Jeffery

(Dolores Washington)

Jay Reeves

(Private Hugh Bell)

Jeanté Godlock

(Vera)

Moriah Brown

(Inez)

Baadja-Lyne Odums

(Susan)

Gregg Sulkin

(Abram David)

Austin Nichols

(Colonel Collins)

Ben VanderMey

(Captain Mathews)

Nick Harris

(Chaplain Clemens)

Scott Johnson

(General Lee)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

(Colonel Davenport)

Brian Kurlander

(Mr. David)

James E Hammond

(Parade Officer Colonel (uncredited))

Bill Barrett

(Staff Sergeant Hill)

Bern Cohen

(Rabbi)

Jon Wennington

(Racist Officer (uncredited))

Rachel Sophia-Anthony

(Officer (uncredited))

Donny Ness

(Schoolboy (uncredited))

Donna Biscoe

(Emma Derriecott)

Eugene H. Russell IV

(Butler George)

Ben Peck

(George C. Marshall)

Helene Henry

(Officer Gates)

Zion Smith

(Little Girl)

Austin Seifert

(Private)

Edward Finlay

(First Officer (as Eddie Finlay))

Meghan Perry

(Nurse Archer)

Veanna Black

(Private Jackson)

Conor Marsh

(Sergeant Roberts (uncredited))

Donald Ome

(Master Sergeant Bone (uncredited))

Kerry O'Malley

(Mildred)

Blake Patrick Anderson

(White Male Soldier)

Thomas King

(Soldier)

Luke Deal

(Sergeant)

Ciara Caffey

(Private Lewis)

Dawn Raven

(Private Cone)

George Gallagher

(Levi)

Nina Jones

(Mrs. Gray)

Sarah Helbringer

(Mary Kathryn)

Ryan Siegel

(Male Soldier)

Bill Skinner

(Sergeant Scott)

Harry Omosele

(Black Male Soldier)

Brett A. Newton

(Mailman)

Antonia Sawyer

(Recruit)

Erica Taylor

(Recruit)

Kenritia Meadows

(Recruit)

Melanie Mccastle

(Recruit)

Selina Johnson

(Recruit)

Shaakirah Bradshaw

(Recruit)

Tanya Selvy

(Recruit)

Tonie Washington

(Recruit)

Dominick Ficco

(Emotional Soldier)

Aric Henry

(Basecamp Soldier)

Bonnie Hill

(Blue Eyed Child)