The Help directed by Tate Taylor, is set in the early 1960s. The story follows the Southern society girl Skeeter Phelan after she returns from college to Jackson, Mississippi in hopes of becoming a writer. Skeeter begins interviewing black maids to learn about their experiences serving prominent white families.
Although The Help gives the perspective of the black maids in this time period, The Help focuses too much on a white protagonist and does not focus enough on the stands that were taken against racism or the suffering coloured people faced in that time period.
The film takes facts from the time period, however many important elements are left out taking away from the films overall accuracy and balance. The Klu Klux Klan is only mentioned
Although The Help gives the perspective of the black maids in this time period, The Help focuses too much on a white protagonist and does not focus enough on the stands that were taken against racism or the suffering coloured people faced in that time period.
The film takes facts from the time period, however many important elements are left out taking away from the films overall accuracy and balance. The Klu Klux Klan is only mentioned