Film· 2011· Drama

The Help

by Tate Taylor

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Book · 2009

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Tate Taylor's film adapts Kathryn Stockett's novel about a young white writer in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, who records the stories of the Black maids who work for white families.

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The Help

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. 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.

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