Set in Mississippi during the 1960’s Skeeter Phelan is an aspiring writer who during the civil right movement chooses to write a book from the perspectives of the African-American maids working for white people and looking after their children. Focusing mainly on two women Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson who work for horrible racists such as Hilly Holbrook who demands perfection from her maids otherwise they will be fired. Skeeters book titled ‘The Help’ will tell the stories of these struggling women to the world, about the hardships they faced on a daily basis.
Director: Tate Taylor
Actors: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney
Year: 2011
Length: 146 Minutes
Classification: M15+ Mature themes
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