The Help

The Help is a movie who has been directed and written by Tate Taylor in 2011. This a drama film because through this film we can see the horrible working conditions of the domestics during the 60’s. Indeed, in this film there are Aibeleen and Minny who are two maids in Mississippi.  Aibeleen works for Elizabeth and Minny for Hilly. At first, when Minny was fired she decided to go and work for Celia Foote. Thereby, Skeeter decided to help the black maids by writing a book so as to denounce their horrible condition. After the book was released, There is been a scandal because the white women were shocked while the maids felt supported and loved.
This movie allows us to be aware the segregation during the 60’s. It shows the courage of black women because they are really mistreated by the white people. Furthermore, we can see that black and white people aren’t in the same equal footing while today there aren’t differences about the skin color. Moreover this movie shows us the truth; it doesn’t tries to hide the reality. Finally, it could be interesting to see how the maids evolve after the end of the movie; if they are independent or if they work again with the housekeeper.

We have chosen the scene of the movie when Constantine speaks with Skeeter when she was young. During this scene, Constantine explains to Skeeter that her mother looks like her but she doesn’t dare express her opinion. She has feared of the other people in contrary Skeeter who dare to express.  At the end of this scene, Constantine says that Skeeter will do big things later. So, thanks to this scene we guess and understand the behavior of Skeeter during the movie. This is a reason why we are chosen this scene.
 

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1963. In the city of Jackson, Mississippi, during the segregation between blacks and whites, Aibeleen Clark, an African-American  maid,  tells her life and facts she was confronted with in the book of Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan who dreams to become a writer. During the movie, Skeeter meets a lot of persons such as Minny  or Yule May who are other maids. Elizabeth Leefolt who is Skeeter’s friend and Aibeleen’s employer, hates black  people. All along the movie we’ll see the fight for equality between blacks and whites led by Skeeter… The movie is really deep, talking about the racist society in the South America, The Help is one of the most controversial movie that we know. When the author released her book, the fight for equality between blacks and whites became more powerful. This movie that shows the real fact, the story of the authors of this book, triggers our sentiments, our emotions gives us a clear insight into the black maid’s life. The Help show a hard r...
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Ø   The desegregation is one of the struggles of the President J.F. Kennedy, in the early 1960’s the daily life of the black American population is made of inequality and discrimination in many areas. The struggle and contestation of the civil rights moment eventually resulted in laws. The HELP is a story that takes place in the Mississippi during the 60’s. Kathryn Stockett in her novel, tell a story of a surprising duo. This odd couple is composed of white women who is Skeeter and black women who is Aibileen. Skeeter is a pretty girl who is different than the other women. She is very open-minded unlike the other girl of her age. She is ambitious and she comes from the upper-class. Ø   We all love this movie, we can establish a parallel between ourselves and the characters of the story, and it’s a moving story. Its catch us thanks to the fight of the maids. The film wants to be striking, moralizing and thinking about human conditions more exactly of the black conditions ...
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THE HELP

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Synopsis The help is a movie directed by Tate Taylor based on the novel of Kathryn Stockett. The movie came out in 2011 in USA. The scene takes place in Mississippi during racial segregation, in 60'S. The main characters are Skeeter, the main female white, she wants to become writer. Aibileen is a black woman, she is warm hearted and ill-treated by her employers. There are others characters like Minny Jackson, Celia Foot and Hilly Holbrook. In the movie the situation is very difficult because the problem of segregation put barriers between blacks and whites. To solve this problem, Skeeter interviews blacks women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Althougt, in the historical context, to solve this problem the president John Kennedy fought against the racial segregation. He had launched a program to improve the living conditions of the most deprived as well as the civil rights of the Black-American citizens. Crit...
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