Actor Milauna Jackson Talks Crafting Resilience & Authority For ‘The Six Triple Eight’
deadline.comMilauna Jackson commands the role of Lt. Abbie Noel Campbell in Netflix’shistorical drama The Six Triple Eight. Written and directed by Tyler Perry, the film dives into the true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the first military division comprised of Black women and the first to serve overseas during World War II.
Led by officer Charity Adams (Kerry Washington), while in Europe, the faction was tasked with sorting and delivering over 17 million pieces of backlog mail that was mostly damaged or undeliverable due to insufficient storage holdings.
Against all odds, despite the rampant racism, sexism and poor living conditions within the military and abroad, the women righteously completed their task in the faces of those who doubted them.
Here, Deadline speaks to Jackson about bringing an under-told Black story to life. DEADLINE: How did you come aboard this project? MILAUNA JACKSON: I auditioned for the role through Kim Coleman.
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