To Kill a Mockingbird at 50

Duration: 58'55''

Synopsis

Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writer Andrew Smith visits Monroeville in Alabama, the setting of the book, to see how life there has changed in half a century.

Further Information
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