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Tyler Perry will direct Six Triple Eight for Netflix detailing all-Black, female troop in WWII
Tyler Perry is slated to direct an upcoming Netflix movie titled Six Triple Eight, which chronicles the only all-Black, female troop in World War II, the 6888th battalion.The 53-year-old director's upcoming film, his fourth for the streaming service, comes from an adaptation from a story penned by Kevin M. Hymel for WWII History Magazine from Sovereign Media.The upcoming film from Perry - a close friend of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - tells the tale of the unit, which consisted of 855 women who bravely enlisted not knowing what the task at hand was, Deadline reported.
