Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, 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.
General Note
Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett.
DVD release of the 2011 motion picture.
Bonus features: deleted scenes ; making of ; In their own words; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video.