Tyler Perry wrote, directed and co-produced “The Six Triple Eight.” He and actress Kerry Washington, who was also executive producer, joined Lisa McRee to talk about their project.

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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.

Kerry Washington plays Lt. Col. Charity Adams, the real-life commander of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, in ...

To play a Women’s Army Corps officer in Tyler Perry’s World War II drama The Six Triple Eight, Kerry Washington added ... Lands Lead Role in Vigilante Movie The Dark Knight ('Very Different ...

Kerry Washington and filmmaker Tyler ... These women didn't even have the right to vote." The Netflix movie also marks both Perry and Washington's first time leading a war film (she had a ...

Tyler Perry's new movie, starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian and Oprah Winfrey, is based on the true story of World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of colour sent overseas, the 6888th ...

Tyler Perry's new movie, starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian and Oprah Winfrey, is based on the true story of World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of colour sent overseas, the 6888th ...

Kerry Washington married husband Nnamdi Asomugha, a former NFL player, actor and up-and-coming filmmaker, in 2013. Washington ...

Washington’s latest project is “The Six Triple Eight,” a war movie ... still ruled, and Black Twitter was a kingmaker. As “Olivia Pope” became shorthand for getting the job done, Kerry ...