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06/12/2024 Drama, War, History 2h 10m
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They were ordered to provide hope...

Overview

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.

  1. Tyler Perry

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kerry Washington

    Charity Adams

  2. Sam Waterston

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  3. Susan Sarandon

    Eleanor Roosevelt

  4. Dean Norris

    General Halt

  5. Oprah Winfrey

    Mary McLeod Bethune

  6. Ebony Obsidian

    Lena Derriecott King

  7. Milauna Jackson

    Captain Campbell

  8. Kylie Jefferson

    Bernice Baker

  9. Shanice Williams

    Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-10
When it's brought to the attention of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Susan Sarandon) that the soldiers fighting in Europe aren't getting their morale-bolstering mail, she convinces her husband (Sam Waterston) that something has to be done about it. Meantime, a regiment of African American women is festering away at a fort awaiting, in vain, orders that will get them meaningfully employed. Well! Now they have a task, and under the command of their newly promoted Maj. Adams (Kerry Washington) are posted to Europe. They are unaware of the sale of their project until presented with half a dozen eno...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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