The Help

Change begins with a whisper.

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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.

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Creators

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Tate Taylor

director

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Tate Taylor

writer

Kathryn Stockett

writer

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Damon Thomas

writer

Cast

Emma Stone actor Viola Davis actor Bryce Dallas Howard actor Octavia Spencer actor Jessica Chastain actor

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Ahna O'Reilly actor Allison Janney actor Anna Camp actor

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Eleanor Henry actor

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Emma Henry actor Chris Lowell actor Cicely Tyson actor Mike Vogel actor Sissy Spacek actor Brian Kerwin actor Wes Chatham actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor actor

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Ted Welch actor Shane McRae actor Roslyn Ruff actor