Rated PG-13; 146 minutes; 2011
Set in
Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns
from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and
a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black
women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.
Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to
the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's
life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their
collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as
it turns out, they have a lot to say.