'The Reader' and 'Doubt' Tackle Generational Divides

by Bob Mondello, NPR

Two new movies — Doubt and The Reader — deal with sex with minors. Doubt takes place during a time of change for the Roman Catholic church in the 1960s. The Reader is about two generations of Germans, those who lived through World War II and those who learned about it as history.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, December 12, 2008