The Six Triple Eight with Tyler Perry and J.C. Chandor (Ep. 524)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Director Tyler Perry discusses his new film, The Six Triple Eight, with fellow Director J.C. Chandor in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses the serendipitous moment when casting Actor Kerry Washington, enlisting Debbie Allen to help choreograph the marching scenes, and shooting at his own film studio which was formerly a military base. Inspired by the real-life story, the film recounts how the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black, all-woman unit, joined the war to fix a three-year backlog of undelivered mail for U.S. service members. Aiming to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail to their rightful servicemen, they work tirelessly in the face of discrimination and a country devastated by war. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2025/February2025/SixTripleEight_QnA_1224

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0:00.0	So that weekend, she was actually doing a photo shoot for her Instagram.
0:05.4	She does this thing called Her Story, where she dresses as certain historical figures,
0:10.2	black historical figures, and she posted.
0:12.1	So that weekend, she had posted herself as Lena King and did not know that I was sending
0:18.5	the sizzle reel to her.
0:19.9	So there were all of these moments, I call them Godwings.
0:22.1	There were all these moments that were like, oh, this is, this is back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:49.6	In this episode, the story of the only Women's Army Corps unit of color in World War II is revealed
0:55.4	in director Tyler Perry's historical drama, The Six Triple Eight. Inspired by the real-life story,
1:02.7	the film recounts how the 6th Triple-Aidth Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all-woman
1:08.0	unit, join the war to fix a three-year backlog of undelivered mail for U.S.
1:12.8	service members.
1:14.5	Aiming to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail to their rightful servicemen,
1:18.9	they worked tirelessly in the face of discrimination and a country devastated by war.
1:24.7	In addition to the 6th, Perry's other directorial credits include the feature films
1:29.9	Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black, Mayaculpa, Tyler Perry's A Medea Homecoming, and a Medea
1:36.5	family funeral, the movie for television, Medea's Farewell Play, and Episodes of
1:42.0	The Oval, Ruthless,istas, and House of Pain.
1:46.5	He was recognized with the DGA Honor in 2015.
1:51.0	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:55.3	Harry spoke with director J.C. Chander about filming the Sixth, Triple Eight.
2:00.3	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
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