Film Study Guide for
To Kill A Mockingbird:
 Seeing the Film through the
Lens of Media Literacy

Written by Frank Baker
 ©2006
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TKAM: Voted #1 Courtroom Drama by AFI
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""I think it is one of the best translations of a book
to film ever made."       
Harper Lee, author

  "Yet perhaps the most prominent of those perfect marriages between actors and their roles, the single moment when the stars were properly aligned, came when Peck stepped out into the grainy black-and-white screen as Atticus Finch." 
(film critic Bill Straub, "Gregory Peck, A Movie Star to Remember" 6/12/03)

 This is truly that rare film that comes along every once in a while; the elements come together, creating a marvelous film, which is not only different from, but also complimentary to the Pulitzer Prize winning 1960 novel.

 I invite teachers to learn more about the film using the 'language of film' and 'media literacy.'

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 Portions of this teacher guide have been published in Australian SCREEN EDUCATION in four installments: 
                 One   Two  Three   Four
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