Question 1

Why did Tyler Perry film The Six Triple Eight so quickly?

Accepted Answer

Perry filmed quickly to show one of the last surviving members of the unit, Lena Derriecott Bell King, the final cut of her story before she died at age 100 in 2024.

Question 2

What impossible mission did the all-Black, all-women battalion undertake during World War II?

Accepted Answer

They had to sort through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of undelivered mail to American soldiers and finish within six months.

Question 3

What discrimination did the Six Triple Eight battalion face within the Army?

Accepted Answer

They faced racism and misogyny, and were not allowed to sleep, shower, or eat in the same facilities as other female personnel and soldiers.

Question 4

How did the battalion's actual performance compare to expectations for their mail-sorting mission?

Accepted Answer

Officials expected the mission to take about six months in each location, but instead it took them only three months.

Question 5

Which real-life confrontation with a superior officer was included in the film?

Accepted Answer

Major Charity Adams was confronted by a superior officer who said he would send a white officer to show her how to run her unit, to which she replied, "Over my dead body."

The Six Triple Eight

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