To Kill a Mockingbird
Directed by: Kitty King and Kristin Blakeburn
Set
in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To
Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout
Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by
the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white
woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it
through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,
class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Set
in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To
Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout
Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by
the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white
woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it
through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,
class, justice, and the pain of growing up.