28 April

Born in 1912 – Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter.

Above: Still from Shindō’s 1952 film, Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko).

Also, born in 1926, American novelist Harper Lee.

“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, an evasion simply muddles 'em.”

—Atticus Finch, in Lee’s 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.