Tuesday Matinée: The Help (12A)

Jackson, Mississippi, 1963. With the Jim Crow laws enforcing racial segregation, budding journalist Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan returns to her hometown after graduation.

But Skeeter doesn’t come home empty-handed. She has come up with the radical idea to interview local black maids and tell their side of the story in her book, a collection of their distressing, moving stories.

As she gradually wins the cooperation of the fearful African-American housekeepers to dish the dirt on the upper-crust southern families, she inevitably locks horns with bigoted community leaders, arrogant childhood friends, and her own family.

Director: Tate Taylor

Featuring: Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone

Details: USA/India/UAE | Language: English | 2011 | 2h 26m

Showings:

8th April – 2pm Tuesday Matinée

Please note: Our Tuesday Matinées feature subtitles for the hard of hearing and will include an interval.

Tickets: £5.