A powerful story of race and class in 1960s Mississippi, following Black maids and the white families they work for.
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A powerful story of race and class in 1960s Mississippi, following Black maids and the white families they work for.
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver... There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still wou...
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Brief references to sexual situations; mostly fade-to-black. To sexual threats or coercion in historical context.
Moderate violence including racial attacks and physical abuse.
Moderate use of profanity and racial slurs in context.
Minor depictions of alcohol use in social settings.
No evidence found in available sources.
Moderate religious references; church settings and faith themes.
No evidence found in available sources.
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Strong focus on racial inequality and civil rights issues.
Brief mentions of despair; no explicit self-harm depicted.
Frequent depictions of racial oppression and domestic abuse. To sexual threats or coercion in historical context.
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