Title The Help Overview 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. Tagline Change begins with a whisper. Genres Drama Keywords mississippi, based on novel, exploitation, racial segregation, racism, writer, maid, moral courage, ressentiment, southern belle, racial issues, 1960s, newspaper columnist Production Companies DreamWorks SKG, 1492 Pictures, Participant Productions, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Reliance Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures Production Countries India, United Arab Emirates, United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 146 Release Year 2011
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 124 million USD