Last week, WZQZ News reported that Georgia’s best known TV and film producer Tyler Perry is working on a new project that will be filmed at Berry College in Rome.   The movie is said to be an inspiring film about a corps of African-American women who helped the war effort during World War II.

Oprah Winfrey is taking part in the movie, but it is not clear yet what Oprah’s roll will be.  Her website indicated that she would be returning to acting in the movie.  The web site states, “The 6888th Battalion was the only all-Black, all-female unit to fight in World War II—and nearly 100 years later, the stories of the 855 women have been largely ignored. Notably, the battalion first received public recognition when President Biden signed a bill to give the women the Congressional Gold Medal.”

Perry is adapting the screenplay from an article about the battalion, written by historian Kevin M. Hymel and published in WWII History Magazine. The synopsis of the film shares that the 6888th received an immense task: They were required to comb through a three-year backlog of undelivered mail—over 17 million pieces, to be exact.  The story goes on to tell of how the women had to combat racism at the same time that they were at war with the Axis Powers.

The movie will be released on Netflix at a later, unannounced date.