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This is perhaps my favourite video I have ever made so far. It uses clips from the 2005 film "Capote" and the 1962 film of the book "To Kill A Mockingbird", and focuses on the relationship between close friends Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee, and that of their childhood aliases, Scout and Dill. The song is All Good Things (Come To An End) by ( Read more... )

'Mockingbird' School Drama Bridges Gaps.

A high school play based on Harper Lee's classic ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' brought together black and white high school students to tell the classic story of racial injustice - and even drew out the novel's reclusive author.

Harper Lee breaks her silence in letter to Oprah.

this community looks dead, but i hope not.
i got this assignment from school, and i need some quotes that figuratively or literally addresses the following principle:
it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is provide music for us to enjoy.
i just need quotes, and i've been having a hard time. so any help would be great.

The Observer has more on Harper Lee's recent appearance at the University of Alabama, and also looks at her connection with Truman Capote.

Lee herself is back in the spotlight now. The film Capote has been a huge hit across America, especially after the Oscar-nominated performance by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role. It will be ( Read more... )

The New York Times website has an article on Harper Lee:

Harper Lee, Gregarious for a Day.

Of all the functions at the president's mansion of the University of Alabama here, none has acquired the mystique surrounding a modest annual luncheon attended by high school students from around the state ( Read more... )

My favorite character has got to be Miss Maudie Atkinson, independent and eccentric spirited with her “I can’t give a rat’s ass what the rest of Maycomb thinks’ attitude. Scout describes her as “a woman who loved all of God’s creations on earth” - a woman whom tended to her garden by the day and after her 5 o’clock bath “would reign the street with ( Read more... )

would anyone be able to help me with this ( Read more... )

Heyy, I have to do this book cover analysis for To Kill a Mockingbird and one of the things I have to do is create a new title. Any suggestions?