Summer Film Lecture Series: To Kill a Mockingbird

Join Doug and Siobhan on select Wednesdays at 1 pm from June through August for our Summer Film Lecture Series! Escape the heat in our air-conditioned Salem Family Auditorium and enjoy a classic movie. Each movie will be preceded by a short film lecture given by either Doug or Siobhan. Free and open to all. Registration recommended. June 10 - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Scout Finch and her older brother, Jem, live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping. 1962 – 2 hr 9 min – B&W – Not Rated Complete Series: June 10 - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) June 24 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) July 15 - Stand By Me (1986) July 29 - The Game (1997) August 12 - Best in Show (2000) August 26 - The Big Short (2015)