Meet Malcolm at the Movies: To Kill A Mockingbird

Join the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts as they present their new monthly film series, "Meet Malcolm at the Movies". Hosted by cineaste Malcolm Weintraub, this film series is perfect for you if you are a cinephile, a film buff, or someone who simply just loves movies. There will be films from a variety of genres, from classic to drama, suspense to sci-fi, action to comedy and more. This next installment features a screening of the powerful To Kill A Mockingbird. Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the film stars Gregory Peck, John Megna and Frank Overton. Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, who defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge. Many of the townspeople try to get him to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. However, his decision to go through with the trial will have consequences on the racial tension that exists in the town...