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Tyler Perry’s ‘The Six Triple Eight’ Is His Most-Watched Netflix Movie to Date, Boosts His Other Movies on the Streamer by 45% (EXCLUSIVE)
Tyler Perry's 'The Six Triple Eight' is his most-watched movie on Netflix and also boosted viewership for his previous movies on the streamer.
Kerry Washington executive produced and stars as the troop’s commander Major Charity Adams, who led the battalion of 855 women as they contributed to the war effort in a critical way — by sorting through a three-year backlog of mail (17 million pieces of it) and dramatically improving morale. The film’s ensemble cast also features Ebony Obsidian (who portrays Lena Derricott King, a member of the 6888 whose story of love and loss inspired Perry’s screenplay), as well as Susan Sarandon, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston and Oprah Winfrey. “When Nicole brought this to me, and I saw these women and I felt the power of the story, I had to honor it and do it right,” Perry said of the way the filmmakers painstakingly recreated the time, including a remarkable piece of archival footage where the battalion marched through the streets upon arriving overseas.
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