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Viola Davis's mum won't watch 'The Help'
Published Thursday, Feb 16 2012, 22:41 GMT | By Zeba Blay | Add comment
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The film, about African American house maids working in rural Mississippi in the 1960s, has earned dozens of accolades this year, including a 'Best Actress' Oscar nomination for Davis.
In a recent interview with CBS This Morning, Davis discussed why she thinks her mother Mae Alice, a former maid who grew up in a segregated South Carolina, might be wary of seeing the film.
"I think it's painful. You have a whole generation of women who don't want to be reminded of the past... which is why I loved [my character] Aibileen," she explained.
"She represented most people in that time period who just had to suck it in - and their whole lives, dreams, hopes, everything, just took place in their spirit."
Davis, who recently shared her own experiences with racism, currently appears in another Academy Award-nominated film, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
She will next be starring in the film adaptation of Ender's Game, alongside Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield and Abigail Breslin.
Watch Viola Davis's full CBS This Morning interview below:
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