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.
DramaWarHistoryworld war iius armyracial segregationbased on true storymoral courage1940sbased on magazine, newspaper or articleafrican american historyhuman dignityheartfeltwar dramamilitary mission
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Kerry WashingtonCharity Adams
- Sam WaterstonFranklin Delano Roosevelt
- Susan SarandonEleanor Roosevelt
- Dean NorrisGeneral Halt
- Oprah WinfreyMary McLeod Bethune
- Ebony ObsidianLena Derriecott King
- Milauna JacksonCaptain Campbell
- Kylie JeffersonBernice Baker
- Shanice WilliamsJohnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)
- Pepi SonugaElaine White
Crew
- Tyler PerryDirector
- Tyler PerryWriter
- Michael WatsonDirector of Photography
- Aaron ZigmanOriginal Music Composer
- Maysie HoyEditor
- Angi BonesProducer
- Keri SeligProducer
- Tony StricklandProducer
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