The Story of Movies Story of movies: To kill a mockingbird, The
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Film Criticism
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
The Film Foundation, United States
Subject
Race discrimination -- Drama. Racism -- Drama. Trials (Rape) -- Southern States -- Drama. Motion pictures -- Study and teaching (Middle school) Motion pictures -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Race discrimination. Racism. Trials (Rape) Southern States
Series Name
Abstract
Gregory Peck plays a southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece.
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Presented by the Film Foundation in partnership with IBM and TCM Movies.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee.
Supplemental materials include: Student activity booklet, teacher's guide and graphic organizers, and the Story of movies DVD all encased in one container.
"This middle school program features the classic film, "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962, dir. Robert Mulligan), for in-depth study. The lessons and activities, with multiple cross-curricular connections, introduce students to film's narrative structure, film language and the filmmaking process. Students not only learn how to read visual text and analyze narrative structures, but they also explore social issues relative to the historical period in which the film was made."
*******
Presented by the Film Foundation in partnership with IBM and TCM Movies.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee.
Supplemental materials include: Student activity booklet, teacher's guide and graphic organizers, and the Story of movies DVD all encased in one container.
"This middle school program features the classic film, "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962, dir. Robert Mulligan), for in-depth study. The lessons and activities, with multiple cross-curricular connections, introduce students to film's narrative structure, film language and the filmmaking process. Students not only learn how to read visual text and analyze narrative structures, but they also explore social issues relative to the historical period in which the film was made."
Description
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + (3 supplemental materials).
Number of Copies
1
