Actresses Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis accept the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award for ‘The Help’ from actor Brad Pitt onstage during the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humor and hope

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