Barack and "How to kill a Mockingbird"

On the 5th of april 2012, Barack Obama, the actual president of the USA made a tribute to the very known american film “How to kill a Mockingbird”. This film which its one of the best american films in history, was really important in the 1960s (the years we are talking about in this blog) because it was a shout for respecting the black people rights, it broadcasted a message of tolerance, and it was an anti-racist defense statement, an statement full of courage which travelled around the world. It was a beginning in the history of cinema, a new cinema was starting, a cinema which respected color people, and treated them as equals.

Ton Robinson an adro-american man, in court. Being judged for raping a white woman.  Next to him , Finch, his lawyer. Source: Creative Commons Search

Flinch children with Robinson's family. Together as a sign of respect and tolerance.  Source: Creative Commons Search 

Now on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the releasement of the film, Barack Obama, the first black president of the united states, wanted to recognize all the importance that this film had have in americans life. Barack made a private pass and invited a group of people, among those were students of Washington-Lee High School of Virginia and familiars of the film main character. The film, which was retransmitted on channel USA network for every american citizen, was visualized by those special guests in the theater of the White House.    

The special thing of these visualization was the contribution of the president, making an introduction to the film before it started. Every american could watch Obama talking about the film, about the importance of “how to kill a mockingbird” for history and the message it transmites.   

Barack Obama, the actual president of the USA, an also  afro-american. He is the first color president of America. Source: Biography.com

This film which was shot in the 1962 talked about Atticus Finch a lawyer in a small town which defends Tom Robinson, an Afro- American man, accused unjustly of having raped a white woman. Scout, Finch's daughter, who stills being a girl, also has to confront the racism of its neighbors and realize that the justice not always triumphs over the prejudices and the fear. 

Paula Ezcurra
Audiovisual Communication