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The film tells about the social phenomenon in the United States in the 1960s. Because the female college student could not understand the unequal treatment of black maids in American society, she wanted to write a book to help the maids get out of the predicament

In 1962, Mississippi in the southern United States was still in the shadow of black slavery, many black maids, in many families Inequalities still exist.

The white girl Skeeter Phelan is an ordinary girl who grew up in the local area. After finishing her studies and returning to her hometown, she has always received a good education Phelan wants to be an excellent writer, because his mother's conservative thinking believes that only a good marriage is the destination of a woman. Ferran has always been brought up by a maid and has become a friend who can confide in her thoughts. This time, she found out that the maid had left without saying goodbye, and no one knew where the black maid had gone.

Phelan has a kind personality and has always treated black servants as family members, but he has discovered that black servants often suffer from inequality in all aspects treatment, and the right to share toilets with whites was also deprived. Aware of the seriousness of this matter, Phelan decided to start a writing project interview, about the experience of black servants working in white families, and wrote a book with calm and powerful actions to help these black servants get equal treatment.