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The Help (film)
2011 film by Tate Taylor
The Help (film)
The Help is a 2011 period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor, and based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Cicely Tyson, and Sissy Spacek. The film and novel center the lived experiences of underpaid, skilled Black domestic servants, in particular Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, in 1960s Mississippi and how their lives intersect with that of a young white woman, aspiring journalist Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan. Skeeter, having been hired as a replacement home maintenance and cleaning advice columnist - with no knowledge on the subject asks a friend if she can get tips for the column from her maid, Aibileen. Shortly after she overpromises to a potential employer, an editor in New York, a meaningful story from the perspective of female Black domestic workers in 1960s United States, who were referred to as "the help", hence...
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