Tyler Perry, WWII

Tyler Perry Still Doesn't Care What You Think of His Writing, But What's Black Twitter Say About His New Film 'The Six Triple Eight?'
Writer/director/producer Tyler Perry has often been criticized for his films and TV series feeling narratively repetitive. Viewers claim that he’s just using the same stories over and over. Many fans and critics who think media mogul’s lack of reliance on a traditional writers room is the reason for his creative storytelling.
Kerry Washington, Tyler Perry's 'Six Triple Eight' movie tells true story of Black women in WWII
Kerry Washington and filmmaker Tyler Perry join for "The Six Triple Eight" to highlight WWII's only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit overseas.
Recreating WWII WAC Uniforms For Tyler Perry’s ‘The Six Triple Eight’
To recreate thousands of garments and accessories for Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight,” costume designer Karyn Wagner focused on details, and the work is incredible.
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington on bringing the untold story of "Six Triple Eight" to the big screen
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington team up for a new World War II film, "Six Triple Eight," shedding light on the 6888th Postal Battalion.
New Tyler Perry film tells the story of unique WWII battalion
ATLANTA — Film maker Tyler Perry is telling the story of a historic all-Black women’s battalion and the difference they made during World War II. Many of the women, who were deployed in 1945, were from Georgia. Brenda Partridge Brown is the daughter of Willie Bell Irvin, a proud member of the 6888 Postal Directory Battalion.
Tyler Perry honors a WWII Black women’s battalion in ‘The Six Triple Eight’
The Six Triple Eight” represents a leap in ambition for one-man movie studio Tyler Perry. It’s a broadscale period drama that casts a spotlight on a neglected chapter of World War II history: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps was the only Black WAC unit sent overseas to Europe,
'The Six Triple Eight' review: Kerry Washington rescues Tyler Perry's war drama
Unfortunately, The Six Triple Eight hits the same as most sentimental dramas that treat war as a postcard. A story about an underestimated battalion delivering long-delayed mail to soldiers on the front lines,
New Tyler Perry film 'The Six Triple Eight' looks at women of color serving i WWII
Director, producer and writer Tyler Perry joins Morning Joe to discuss 'The Six Triple Eight,' which will be available to stream starting December 26 and is in select theaters now. The film follows the first and only Women's Army Corps unit of color to be stationed in Europe during WWII.
Kerry Washington goes to war in Tyler Perry’s ‘The Six Triple Eight’
Tyler Perry salutes the nation’s first and only WACs (Women’s Army Corps) unit of color to serve overseas with Kerry Washington as Major Charity Adams, commanding officer of the 6888th Central
The serendipitous events that led Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington to make 'The Six Triple Eight'
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington tell the lesser-known story of 'The Six Triple Eight', the 855 Black women who served in World War II, and why it was important to them to bring this story to life.
‘The Six Triple Eight’ Review: Tyler Perry’s Inspiring World War II Postal Drama (Mostly) Delivers
Clunky storytelling doesn’t get in the way of this important real-life story about the heroic 6888th Postal Directory ...
Tyler Perry talks ‘Six Triple Eight,’ facing failure, loss of his mom
Tyler Perry joins TODAY to share the inspiring real-life story of Netflix’s “Six Triple Eight” about World War II's only ...