The Help

The Help by Tate Taylor was a great movie that took its audience into the real lives of the black maids who worked for white middle class families in 1960’s Mississippi. The Help was an eye opening film and portrayed how black maids in the south were not even considered equal enough to use the same bathrooms as the whites in the community. A black maid could bring up white children from birth and cook food for everyone in the house but still could not eat in the same kitchen, with the same utensils, or use the same bathrooms.

I also found it interesting that The Help, the book that Skeeter is writing in the movie was actually illegal at the time due to the Jim Crow laws. The scene with the women running home, when forced off the bus, captures the fear that these women endured from whites. The film is full of scenes that will put you on edge. It is filled with serious issues and followed by great laughs. It will teach the viewer a bit of history that is not taught in schools. The Help was truly a great film and I recommend that everyone watch the film at least once.