The Help
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The Help

Change begins with a whisper.

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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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.

Released August 9, 2011

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Status
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Top cast

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Emma Stone

Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp

Anna Camp

Jolene French

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