Available on DVD and Blu-ray today, THE HELP is the big-screen adaptation of KATHRYN STOCKETT’S best-selling novel about segregation in the South during the 1960s. A heartfelt retelling by women who lived through the period, the film tells the stories of black women who dedicated their lives to raising the children and cleaning the houses of white employers during the early days of the civil rights movement. Produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG, the film was written and directed by TATE TAYLOR and stars EMMA STONE, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, JESSICA CHASTAIN, VIOLA DAVIS, OCTAVIA SPENCER and CICELY TYSON.

Oscar-nominated VIOLA DAVIS (DOUBT) found going back to the pre-civil rights days of 1963 a bit troubling and tells us that, as a 21st century black woman, some of the things she was called on to depict involved some self-negotiation. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR FOR AUDIO)

THE HELP is available today on DVD and Blu-ray