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.

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Cast

Kerry Washington

Charity Adams

Sam Waterston

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Susan Sarandon

Eleanor Roosevelt

Dean Norris

General Halt

Oprah Winfrey

Mary McLeod Bethune

Ebony Obsidian

Lena Derriecott King

Milauna Jackson

Captain Campbell

Kylie Jefferson

Bernice Baker

Shanice Williams

Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)

Pepi Sonuga

Elaine White

Kerry Washington — Charity Adams

Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. She was included in Time's 100 list of most influential people in 2014, and Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 2018.

Sam Waterston — Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple

Susan Sarandon — Eleanor Roosevelt

Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.