Movie · 2011

The Help

Change begins with a whisper.

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Racial injustice Segregated society Intimate character drama Domestic power dynamics Quietly defiant Moral courage

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Release
2011
Runtime
146 min
Director
Tate Taylor

Synopsis

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

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