Directed by: Lee Daniels Written by: Danny Strong Based on A Butler Well Served by This Election by Wil Haygood Starring: Forest Whitaker & Oprah Winfrey Lee Daniels’ The Butler is an American historical fiction drama starring Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, a African-American butler in service at the White House through the years of the Civil Rights movement, before and after and the struggles … Continue reading Lee Daniels’ The Butler | Movie Review