A MjrVisuals Documentary travel series - This is America.
About two years ago I was hired to film a commercial for RMA, Randolph Macon Academy. It’s a school in a part of Virginia that is actually not known for its diversity. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that the school was a US Air Force Academy and very diverse. It made me think that all the thoughts I had about the area were wrong because how can there be such a diverse campus in the middle of a town that is rumored to be extremely racists. That understanding of thea area was given to me not just from passersby but actual work colleges that lived in the town. It wasn’t unheard of to see an upside flag or the Confederate flag in yards, on cars and on the back of trucks driving through town.
Fast forward a year, I wanted to do a travel show on small-town America and the first town I wanted to tell a story on was this small town. The history was amazing and the fact that it was close enough to the nation’s capital that people communted to Washington DC for work but lived here made it an interesting location because of the revitalization that was happening due to the influx of those government employees.
MjrVisuals has done to date 9 documentaries for a number of executive producers, now we are normally left alone with telling the story but given the topic. I was told the even though all the documentaries that we have produced for clients have won awards, we are not considered a top tier production house because we have not entered a festival directly. This show idea changed that.
We won the first festival we entered this season, lets hope for more.
The Feature Trailer of "the SixTripleEight" movie
In February 1945, the U.S. Army sent 855 black women from the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) to England and France to clear the backlog of mail in the European Theater of Operations. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the SixTripleEight, was the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe during WWII. Confronted with racism and sexism from their own leadership and troops, they served with honor and distinction completing their mission in six months. By war’s end, the SixTripleEight had cleared over 17 million pieces of backlogged mail ensuring the troops stayed in touch with their loved ones back home. The last of the women returned home in March 1946. They were never fully recognized…until now.
A New Documentary from MJRvisuals "the Six Triple Eight"
In February 1945, the U.S. Army sent 855 black women from the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) to England and France to clear the backlog of mail in the European Theater of Operations. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the SixTripleEight, was the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe during WWII. Confronted with racism and sexism from their own leadership and troops, they served with honor and distinction completing their mission in six months. By war’s end, the SixTripleEight had cleared over 17 million pieces of backlogged mail ensuring the troops stayed in touch with their loved ones back home. The last of the women returned home in March 1946. They were never fully recognized…until now.
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29 film awards to include Best Picture for a Documentary we filmed, edited and produced with Executive Producer/Director James Theres / Lincoln Penny Films.
We we hired again to team up with them to film and produce the story of the first all black female army battalion the 6888th Postal……In February 1945, the U.S. Army sent 855 black women from the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) to England and France to clear the backlog of mail in the European Theater of Operations. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the SixTripleEight, was the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe during WWII. Confronted with racism and sexism from their own leadership and troops, they served with honor and distinction completing their mission in six months. By war’s end, the SixTripleEight had cleared over 17 million pieces of backlogged mail ensuring the troops stayed in touch with their loved ones back home. The last of the women returned home in March 1946. They were never fully recognized…until now.
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