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.
- 7.5
- 2024
- Released
- 2h 10m
Kerry Washington
Charity Adams
Sam Waterston
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Susan Sarandon
Eleanor Roosevelt
Oprah Winfrey
Mary McLeod Bethune
Ebony Obsidian
Lena Derriecott King
Shanice Williams
Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)
Kylie Jefferson
Bernice Baker
Sarah Jeffery
Dolores Washington
Pepi Sonuga
Elaine White
Milauna Jackson
Captain Campbell
Jay Reeves
Private Hugh Bell
Jeanté Godlock
Vera
Moriah Brown
Inez
Baadja-Lyne Odums
Susan
Gregg Sulkin
Abram David
Dean Norris
General Halt
Austin Nichols
Colonel Collins
Ben VanderMey
Captain Mathews
Nick Harris
Chaplain Clemens
Scott Johnson
General Lee
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Colonel Davenport
Brian Kurlander
Mr. David
James E Hammond
Parade Officer Colonel (uncredited)
Bill Barrett
Staff Sergeant Hill
Bern Cohen
Rabbi
Jon Wennington
Racist Officer (uncredited)Rachel Sophia-Anthony
Officer (uncredited)Donny Ness
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Released
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- #world war ii
- #based on true story
- #historical
- #military
- #based on magazine, newspaper or article
- #african american history
- #war
- #inspirational
- #heartfelt
- #informative
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When it's brought to the attention of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Susan Sarandon) that the soldiers fighting in Europe aren't getting their morale-bolstering mail, she convinces her husband (Sam Waterston) that something has to be done about it. Meantime, a regiment of African American women is festering away at a fort awaiting, in vain, orders that will get them meaningfully employed. Well! Now