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To Kill A Mockingbird: Film Analysis

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To Kill a Mockingbird was a film about two children named Scout and Jem with their father Atticus living in a small town in Alabama in the 1930s where the Great Depression and segregation ran wild. In this particular film, we see Atticus Finch a lawyer defending a colored man accused of rape. During the trial people went back and forth discussing the event until Atticus made his final statement pleading to the jury to make a wise decision and to base it on the facts. Unfortunately, the all-white jury stated guilty. It goes to show that in the 1930s, the division between whites and colored was visible throughout the nation. People had such closed minds to when it came encountering a colored individual especially at court. Colored people in court
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