Movie: A Time to Kill 1996 1. What is the cultural impact of “A Time to Kill”? 2. What was your reaction when Brigance described the sadistic acts against Hailey’s daughter then asks the jury, “Now imagine she’s white.” 3. How would that role reversal question work if applied to the movies you have watched in your lifetime? 4. In 1849, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose “ – the more things change, the more they stay the same… How does this saying relate to “A Time to Kill”? 5. How does the divided society in the movie compare with our society today? Write your response with a minimum of 500 words.
