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The Help

August 2011

2h 26min

Drama

The Help

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives — and a Mississippi town — upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories — and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly — and unwillingly — caught up in the changing times.

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  • Director:Tate Taylor
  • Producer(s):Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
  • Language:English
  • Stars:Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer
  • Writer(s):Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett (Novel)
  • Exec producer:Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Nate Berkus, Jennifer Blum, L. Dean Jones Jr. , John Norris, Sonya Lunsford, Mark Radcliffe, Jeff Skoll, Tate Taylor
  • Company credits:DreamWorks SKG, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures