Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is
a southern society girl who returns from college determined to
become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi
town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women
who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.
Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first
to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black
community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the
balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon
more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns
out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships
are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone
in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly
-- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.
