WATCH: The Cultural Impact Of 'The Six Triple Eight'

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Tyler Perry’s groundbreaking film honors the unsung legacy of the all-Black female battalion in World War II, highlighting how Black women have long redefined excellence and innovation in America.

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00:00and really talk about the cultural impact of the film,

00:02which I feel like you guys have really spoke about

00:05through every question, but what do you hope audiences,

00:09especially younger, the younger generation,

00:11takes away from 6 Triple A

00:12and about black women's role in shaping history?

00:16One of my favorite things about this story,

00:19this true story, and by any kind, about charity,

00:22is that these were all your everyday people.

00:25They were average people.

00:27When you talk about the life that they lived each day,

00:29or one, two, you really get the sense

00:32that it's the average people that made such a huge difference

00:36in millions of people's lives.

00:38What is it, 17 million pieces of mail and packaging?

00:42Just think about how many families were soothed

00:45by what these women did.

00:47That to you is, you can do anything you put your mind to,

00:51and work with your community the correct way.

00:54Instead of doing what some of the agendas

00:58that they have taught us to do in the past,

01:00when you just remember that

01:02and you really hone in on the mission,

01:04I think you get it right when you do that.

01:06And anybody can do that.

01:08That's the thing I hope that young women

01:10see and feel from this.

01:11Lena was 17 years old, 17.

01:14I love when you talk about them being not just soldiers,

01:16but healers, because that's what these letters did.

01:20They brought healing to these men serving,

01:23and they helped to end a war

01:26that protected democracy all over the world.

01:30For me, I feel like my hope is that

01:33people just know who these women are,

01:35that they celebrate these women,

01:36that they get the flowers, that they are so due,

01:40that we lift them up as heroes,

01:43but also to Ebony's point,

01:44that we lift them up as examples of the best of us,

01:47so that we know that we too can walk toward

01:51whatever the mission is of our lives.

01:54Because they were, yeah, we can become whoever it is

01:57that we feel called to being,

01:59that best version of ourselves,

02:01because they did that,

02:02and they did that facing racism and misogyny

02:05and insanely terrible working conditions.

02:09They did it in a war time.

02:10They did it up against systems

02:12that were not fighting for them,

02:15but they fought for the best in themselves

02:17because they believed in themselves,

02:19despite the doubts that were in them

02:21or the doubts that they came up against.

02:23So I think that idea of lifting them up,

02:26celebrating them, and then letting them,

02:29yeah, letting them remind us of who we can be

02:32with faith and community and strength.

02:35Definitely.

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