Because color wasn't everything yet even though they could have used color. Also, black and white put more attention to the characters.
The decision to film "To Kill a Mockingbird" in black and white was likely to capture the atmosphere and tone of the 1930s Southern setting, as well as to reflect the novel's themes of racial prejudice and injustice in a stark and powerful way. Black and white Photography can also evoke a sense of timelessness and classic storytelling, which may have been another reason for this artistic choice.
"To kill a mockingbird" was/is a black and white film because of the year it was filmed.
In 1962 they did not have color picture yet. They had black and why film.
The Radleys in "To Kill a Mockingbird" were white. They were a reclusive white family who lived near the Finch family in Maycomb.
No, it's in Black and White.
No, Atticus Finch is not black. He is white.
To Kill A Mockingbird wrote about how unfair the black people got treated by the white people.
he had no hope. he was a black man living in a white world
The 1962 film adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" was filmed in Alabama, mainly in the town of Monroeville, which is believed to have inspired the fictional town of Maycomb in Harper Lee's novel. Other scenes were shot in Los Angeles, as the courthouse used in the film was located there.
Robert Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, and "To Kill a Mockingbird" was released in 1962. Therefore, he was around 30 years old when the movie was filmed.
a black man raped a white girl
Harper Lee was a white American author. She is best known for her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," which dealt with themes of racial injustice in the American South.
Atticus Finch is a white character in "To Kill a Mockingbird." He is a respected lawyer and the father of Scout and Jem Finch in Harper Lee's novel.
Tom Robinson is the black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman.
The name of that film is: To Kill a Mockingbird.