4 Little Girls
43 reviews
Documentary
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
- GenreDocumentary
- Duration1h 42m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate43 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)

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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