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"A FILM ABOUT LEARNING TO SEE

THINGS FROM ANOTHER'S POINT OF
VIEW."

T h e S e g r e g a t e d S o u t h
This book and film depict
the very real and terrifying
A grand display from
time of Jim Crow laws,
T o K i l l A M o c k i n g b i r d
renowned author Harper
T i d b i t s
systemic and institutionally
Lee, the film To Kill a
Director
sanctioned racism, and the
Mockingbird (1962) starred
Robert Mulligan
good people who fight to
Gregory Peck as Atticus
dismantle it in the small
Finch, a progressive lawyer
ways they are able. Cast
taking on a rape case in
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham,
the defense of Tom It is a film about learning to Robert Duvall, Phillip Alford
Robinson (played by Brock
see things from another's
Peters) - a black man point of view and to not
accused of raping a white
judge based on
woman in the segregated
appearances or hearsay. A
American South. tale still relevant today.
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