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The Butler (2013)

The Butler (2013)

Drama

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

Release Date: 2013, August 16
Directors: Lee Daniels
Countries: United States of America
Production: Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Pam Williams Productions, Windy Hill Pictures
Cast: James Marsden, David Oyelowo, James DuMont, Alan Rickman, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Redgrave, Liev Schreiber, Terrence Howard, Xosha Roquemore, Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Aml Ameen

Overview:

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

Keywords:

based on true story slavery racism 1950s 1930s 1980s based on real person 1960s usa president 1970s black panther party historical drama the white house biographical drama racial segregation father son conflict african american history butler john f. kennedy richard nixon racial tension martin luther king ronald reagan civil rights movement news footage jimmy carter u.s. history the freedom riders dwight d eisenhower