4 Little Girls (1997)

ALL 07/09/1997 (en) Documentary 102 Min
  • Release
    07/09/1997
  • Production
    40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Rotten tomato
    73%
  • Original title
    4 Little Girls
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

Overview

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.

  1. Spike Lee

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Sam Pollard

    Editor



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  1. Maxine McNair

    Self - Mother of Denise McNair

  2. Chris McNair

    Self - Father of Denise McNair

  3. Helen Pegues

    Self - Denise's Aunt

  4. Queen Nunn

    Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

  5. Arthur Hanes Jr.

    Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

  6. Howell Raines

    Self - New York Times Editor

  7. Harold McNair

    Self - Denise's Uncle

  8. Carole C. Smitherman

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  9. Wamo Reed Robertson

    Self - Carole's Aunt

  10. Dianne Braddock

    Self - Carole's Sister

  11. Carolyn Lee Brown

    Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

  12. Alpha Robertson

    Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

  13. Wyatt Tee Walker

    Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

  14. Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

    Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

  15. Florence Terrell

    Self - School Teacher

  16. Gwendolyn White

    Self - School Teacher

  17. Doris Lockhart

    Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

  18. Gerald Colbert

    Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

  19. Freeman Hrabowski III

    Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

  20. Shirley Wesley King

    Self - Cynthia's Sister

  21. Carolyn M. McKinstry

    Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

  22. David J. Vann

    Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

  23. Bill Baxley

    Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

  24. Albert Boutwell

    Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

  25. Andrew Young

    Self - SCLC

  26. Taylor Branch

    Self - Author

  27. Nadean S. Williams

    Self - Music Teacher

  28. Janie Gaines

    Self - Addie Mae's Sister

  29. Rhonda Nunn Thomas

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  30. James Bevel

    Self - SCLC

  31. Tommy Wrenn

    Self - SCLC

  32. George Wallace

    Self

  33. Nicholas Katzenbach

    Self - Former US Attorney General

  34. Billie Harris

    Self - Funeral Home Director

  35. Ricky Powell

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  36. Lillie Brown

    Self - SCLC

  37. Ossie Davis

    Self - Actor and Playwright

  38. Mahalia Jackson

    Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

  39. Barbara Nunn

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  40. John Cross

    Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

  41. Barbara Cross

    Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

  42. Morris Marshall

    Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

  43. Junie Collins

    Self - Addie Mae's Sister

  44. Diane Nash

    Self - SCLC

  45. Faye Davis

    Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

  46. Coretta Scott King

    Self

  47. Walter Cronkite

    Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

  48. Bill Cosby

    Self - Educator

  49. Jesse Jackson

    Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

  50. Reggie White

    Self - Green Bay Packers

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Casts : 59 , Crews : 11

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4 Little Girls (1997) 102 Min

ALL 07/09/1997 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 07/09/1997
  • Production
    40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Original title 4 Little Girls
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

Overview

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.

  1. Spike Lee

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Sam Pollard

    Editor

  4. Spike Lee, Sam Pollard

    Producer