Calling all “To Kill a Mockingbird” fans, and especially devotees of the woman who wrote the novel and what came after all that: You’re invited to a special film screening Tuesday at the Sewell Mill Library (2051 Lower Roswell Road).
It’s not the actual 1962 movie, starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, but rather a more recent movie about the book, movie and the woman who made it all possible, “Harper Lee: From Mockingbird to Watchman.”
To be more precise, it’s a documentary film about the novelist and her work, not only the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, but also her “Go Set a Watchman,” published in 2015, the year before Lee’s death. That novel is regarded as a sequel, portraying Atticus Finch in a very unflattering light, and set off something of a controversy.
The film to be screened Tuesday was made for the Public Broadcasting System‘s “American Masters” series.
Lee’s older sister is among those interviewed, as well as Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, legal thriller novelist Scott Turow and others who knew the novelist.
The screening, which takes place from 6:30-8:30 p.m., is part of Georgia Public Broadcasting‘s “Great American Read” series. The event in the library’s black box theater is free, and will be followed by a book-style discussion, but you’re encouraged to make a reservation here.
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