This film takes place during the peak of post-slavery racism in the South. When this film premiered, and although the South had lost the Civil War nearly 100 years before, the Civil Rights movement was still just building momentum in the South, and meeting violent opposition from Southerners. Author Harper Lee, herself a Southerner, showed great courage in writing this novel. Alan Pakula and Robert Mulligan showed commendable character resisting the not always subtle pressures from people to tone down the depiction of racism as it really was. The acting by the entire cast was.superb. James Anderson's portrayal of the trashy racist Robert Ewell was so convincing it makes one wonder if he was really like that?
Review of To Kill a Mockingbird
