Author Film Series: Kathryn Stockett "The Help"

The Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street, Geneva, NY

THIS IS A PRE-RECORDED INTERVIEW and  not a live appearance or a screening of the movie The Help

Kathryn Stockett | The Help
Mississippi-born Kathryn Stockett's debut novel, The Help, examines the complex relationship between white Southern families and their black domestic servants in the 1960s. A story of social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide, the book highlights the conditions of black servitude—a century after the Civil War. The book was a No. 1 New York Times Best Seller and has been on the New York Times Best Sellers list for more than 100 consecutive weeks. A movie based on The Help, directed by Stockett's childhood friend and fellow Mississippian Tate Taylor, will be released in August 2011 by DreamWorks Studios.

Filmed at the Philadelphia Free Library.  Third in the series of eight

Running time 1 hour. Discussions after the film in the downstairs cabaret.

$5 general admission / $3 Seniors (62+) & college students/Children grades 12 and unnder free