The Help | Behind the Scenes | Jackson, Mississippi

Produced by Jim Albritton | http://newsocracy.org | Months of planning and days of work have transformed the Fondren neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi back to the 1960s for the filming of the movie version of Jackson native Kathryn Stockett's novel, The Help. As area residents looked on, construction and utility crews worked side-by-side the film's production crew to recreate the look and feel of that era. | See our other Help stories at http://newsocracy.tv/latest-news/category/the-help.

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[newsocracy]

Watch our complete "behind the scenes coverage--six stories--about the production of the movie, The Help. Meet the extras, see the locations and attend the Mississippi premiere. | Watch our "The Help" playlist.

[ryanaus04]

Why in the world would they take it all down after only 6 hours???

They should of kept things like that for at least a few months or so.

I'm not sure why there aren't more shops around that are designed to resemble the shops of the 50s and 60s. There is nothing structurally wrong with these buildings, it just a different style. It would definitely allow your place to stand out, rather than be just another bland modern blob.

Anyway I've got an essay due tomorrow, so I better stop ranting

[nayiton]

I LOVE U EMMA STONE

[townesrc]

The town should have capitalized on all that work and left the props in place. They could have marketed themself as a 60's theme town and probalby generated some tourism revenue at least for a while. Nice to have a reminder of a time when people had pride in their town and their work.

[Cutekid9901]

It would be awsome if th world looked like it did in 1967:)

[skybluejellybeans]

Really wonderful acting in this movie. Great characters across the board in it, as well.

[TheErica46312]

EAT MY SHIT

[poeticlarinet]

Oh i loved Jackson! Lived their for five years during my college days, i went to school with those two black women! I used to live RIGHT AROUND THE BLOCK from the bakery and cinema wit my other college friends. Fondren District is such a cool time-warp yet hip part of Jackson! It really looks like that everyday, minus the antiques. The movie didn't do the book justice, but it did raise some revenue in jackson.

[anzhelo4ka]

@blackman4lyfe44 I was one of the whites clapping. Excellent movie. I loved the book, too. I think it is a fair representation of race relations in the South, especially of how friendships (rocky though they may have been) did exist across races even when racial tensions ran high. But I am thankful that we are stepping further and further away from that segregated world.

[cepacol06]

@MrBEB123 Go back to cave. The liberals have helped some of the social crisis. What do conservatives do? Shitting and eating the same old shit.

[Tonster1998]

racism still exists behind closed doors. If u're a white american u will not understand racism. There's still racism and racism on sexual preference like being gay. Racism exists because of fear, the unknowing, the blacks and gays