For some, the stories in the novel "The Help" are all too real. July 15, 2011 — -- When first-time author Kathryn Stockett began writing her novel, "The Help," she had no idea that she was ...

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Actress Octavia Spencer said Tuesday that the 2011 hit film "The Help" would be difficult to make in today's sociopolitical climate, telling celebrity restaurateur Bruce Bozzi while appearing on his ...

The Help is an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s eponymous novel as the movie explores the lives of African-American maids who were employed by white families in the ’60s. It chronicles the lives of ...

Last week, I finally saw the film version of "The Help," based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett about the lives of African-American maids working in white people's homes in 1960's Jackson ...

Joy Moses examines the everyday experiences of domestic help in the South in the 1960s told in the movie “The Help” and by chroniclers of those workers today. “The Help,” this week’s non-action movie ...

Viola Davis is out and about promoting her new film Widows—and in the process she's igniting conversations about the depth and scope of past characters she's portrayed. Specifically, her role in The ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. As #BlackLivesMatter protests swept the globe ...

“The Help” is a pretty good movie, but it’s time for Hollywood to start making movies about people of color, by people of color, writes Daniella Gibbs Leger. Cast member Viola Davis arrives at the ...

As a book and a movie and a social phenomenon, “The Help” functions as a kind of Rorschach test that measures how you feel about the history of racial inequality in America. Kathryn Stockett’s ...