The Help – Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill)

Posted by kent Aug 11, 2011 | Movie: The Help
The Help - Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill) The Plot: 1960s Mississippi finds Skeeter (Emma Stone) returning home a college graduate, longing to pursue a career as a writer. But this return awakens her to the inequality and subversive nature of Southern society’s culture, spurring her to write “The Help.” Enlisting her best friend’s black housekeeper Aibileen (Viola Davis) and soon after, outspoken Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) to speak frankly and honestly about the Southern families for whom they have dedicated their lives. As the civil rights movement heats up, so do the presses that print Skeeter’s book, as well as the anger of Skeeter’s community, as the discovery...

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