4 Little Girls
7.2
47 reviews
Documentary/TV Movie
1h 42m
1997
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the...
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On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
- DirectorSpike Lee
- Release9 July 1997
- Genre
- Duration1h 42m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7.247 reviews
- Productions
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Cast
Maxine McNair
Self - Mother of Denise McNair
Chris McNair
Self - Father of Denise McNair
Arthur Hanes Jr.
Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
Howell Raines
Self - New York Times Editor
Wamo Reed Robertson
Self - Carole's Aunt
Dianne Braddock
Self - Carole's Sister
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Andrew Young
Self - SCLC
Taylor Branch
Self - Author
James Bevel
Self - SCLC
George Wallace
Self
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Former US Attorney General
Billie Harris
Self - Funeral Home Director
Ossie Davis
Self - Actor and Playwright
Mahalia Jackson
Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)
Junie Collins
Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Diane Nash
Self - SCLC
Coretta Scott King
Self
Walter Cronkite
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Bill Cosby
Self - Educator
Jesse Jackson
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Reggie White
Self - Green Bay Packers
Ralph Abernathy
Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Brinkley
Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Addie Mae Collins
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Farmer
Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spike Lee
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Denise McNair
Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cynthia Wesley
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carole Rosamond Robertson
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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