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I am commenting on the book and not the movie. I can see where the movie would lose all the nuiance of the book.
The Book did a nice job of showing how the White Author was learning a great deal about the real lives of the Black women who had been hired to help her as a child. She benefits from the stories of the women she interviews but the women who provide their stories grow as people though the process. Along the way, the audience learns about their lives and the problems that they face and the jeopardy they were in for participating in the project.
It is not ideal, the White author gains a reputation and career off of the stories of the Black women. At least one of the contributors loses her job and the others could face recriminations and might be in physical danger for participating. But the picture it paints, I thought, was honest.
I am sure the movie misses all of this.
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