The Common Readings Tuesdays series kicks off fall semester with a free screening of the 1962 classic film To Kill a Mockingbird, starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 25) in CUE 203. The public is welcome.
Action in the book by the same name takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, based on Monroeville, Alabama, the home town of author Harper Lee.
But, says Bryan Stevenson, author of the 2015-16 WSU Common Reading book, Just Mercy, Monroeville proudly celebrated its connection to the novel and film while it remained blind to contemporary racial bias and injustices in its administration of justice.
Says Karen Weathermon, Common Reading co-director, “We start this year’s series with a showing of this classic film to provide some of the context and story that this year’s common reading will challenge and extend.”
For more information on this, the ninth year of the Common Reading Program, and semester events, visit https://CommonReading.wsu.edu.
SAVE THE DATE: Bryan Stevenson will visit Pullman Dec. 1 for the annual Common Reading Invited Lecture.
