The Help

Question 1

Director and writer

Answer 1

Tate Taylor (director) and Kathryn Stockett (writer)

Question 2

Movie and book release date

Answer 2

2011 (movie) and 2009 (book)

Question 3

Set in..

Answer 3

1960’s Jackson, Mississippi

Question 4

Film overview

Answer 4

The Help is a drama/historical film that explores the lives of African American maids working in White households during the civil rights movement. The story follows Skeeter Phelan, an aspiring journalist who teams up with two maids, Aibileen and Minny, to write a groundbreaking book that exposes the injustices they face. The film explores themes of racism, segregation, inequality, and friendship. The help was both a commercial and critical success earning multiple academy award nominations and wins including best supporting actress for Minny

Question 5

Skeeter actress

Answer 5

Emma Stone

Question 6

Aibileen actress

Answer 6

Viola Davis

Question 7

Minny actress

Answer 7

Octavia Spencer

Question 8

Historical context..

Answer 8

The help is set against the backdrop of the American South during the 1960s a pivotal period in the civil rights movement. The film reflects the racial tensions in segregation that characterized this era and highlights the stock inequalities between white families and the African-American mates who worked in their homes often facing discrimination, exploitation and limited opportunities. The film underlines the personal and collective struggles for justice and equality during this turbulent time in American history.

Question 9

1960s in Jackson Mississippi was like..

Answer 9

A deeply segregated city, symbolic of the racial tensions and inequality that defined the self during the civil rights movement. African-American by systemic racism in nearly every aspect of life.

Question 10

statement seperate..

Answer 10

but equal

Question 11

What were the Jim Crow laws?

Answer 11

A series of state and local laws in the US that enforce racial segregation and discrimination against African-Americans primary in the southern state these laws acted in the late 19th century and remained in effect until the civil rights movement of the 1960s. African-Americans were subjected to systemic inequality denied by six civil rights and was segregated from white society and nearly every aspect of life.

Question 12

Three Jim crow laws

Answer 12

interracial marriage, coloured bathrooms and drinking fountains, black people couldn’t be buried with white people, separated coloured buildings in juvenile detention centres, coloured waiting areas and separate ticket windows at bus and train stations.

Question 13

What was the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Answer 13

this was an oceanic trade in African men women and kids lasting from mid 16th century until the 1860s. European traders loaded African captors at dozens of points on the African coast and forcibly took millions of African people through West Africa and we scented Africa and shipped them across the Atlantic and conditions of great cruelty.

Question 14

Describe Aibileen

Answer 14

Central character/narrator, African-American maid, does house work and cares for children of white families will navigating oppressive racial segregation. She is compassionate wise and courageous becoming a key figure in the effort to expose the injustice faced by domestic workers.

Question 15

Describe Minny

Answer 15

A strong willed, outspoken African-American maid, nine for sharp wet and loyalty to friends. Despite injuring abuse and racism, she finds strength in relationships with other mates and plays a crochet role and exposing injustices of the era.

Question 16

Describe Skeeter

Answer 16

Young, ambitious white woman who defies social norms by questioning racial inequality that surround her. As a journalist she courageously to voice to the bike mate like a mini by writing a revealing book about their experiences working for families challenging the deeply ingrained racism.

Question 17

Describe Hilly

Answer 17

A prominent and deeply prejudice character, embodying racial and social hierarchies. As a wealthy influential white woman, she is a full front to enforce segregation such as advocating for the Jim Crow laws and her own policy, the “Home Health Sanitation Initiative” in households and seeks to maintain power by manipulating those around her particularly the black maids.

Question 18

Describe Celia Foote (white trash)

Answer 18

A white, socially, inexperienced white woman from a lower class background and lack of social grace. despite being looked down upon by the white elite, Celia is kind hearted and treats her maid minny, with respect and friendship forming upon that contrast with the existing racial and class divisions of the time

Question 19

Describe Elizabeth Leefolt

Answer 19

A young, naive white woman who hires Aibileen as a maid to care for her child and manage her household. well she is well meaning, Elizabeth is passive and largely unaware of the racial prejudices and injustice around her often conforming to the societal expectations and opinions of her friend Hilly.

Question 20

What is the white saviour complex

Answer 20

it refers to a mindset in which a white person feels the need to rescue or help people of colour, often betraying them as helpless or inferior

Question 21

How could the white saviour complex be used in The Help

Answer 21

it’s reflected in the character of skater who despite her good intentions to tell the story of the African-American maids, positioning herself as their voice in a racially segregated society. while she believes she is helping to expose injustices the maids face, her actions can be seen as a manifestation of the white Saviour complex as she assumes the role of the rescuer without fully recognising the agency of the made themselves, overlooking the fact that the maids already possess their own strength and wisdom and their struggles are ultimately defined by them not by a white outsider

Question 22

Name 3 of The Help controversies

Answer 22

it glosses over the brutal realities of the Jim Crow era, white saviour complex, focused more on Skeeters perspective than Aibileen or Minny, white director/writer, stereotypical with fried chicken, sassy, uneducated speech

Question 23

Why does Viola Davis regret doing The Help

Answer 23

She saids she felt at the end of the day, it wasn’t the voices of the maids that were heard and largely revolves around the character Skeeter