The Help

Change begins with a whisper.

The Help — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 9, 2011
• Runtime
• 146 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Tate Taylor

The Help — Cast

Emma Stone Skeeter Phelan Viola Davis Aibileen Clark Bryce Dallas Howard Hilly Holbrook Octavia Spencer Minny Jackson Jessica Chastain Celia Foote Ahna O'Reilly Elizabeth Leefolt Allison Janney Charlotte Phelan Anna Camp Jolene French