4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls (1997)

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1997-07-09
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 40 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Spike Lee
star 7.2/10
From 40 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Maxine McNair

    as Self - Mother of Denise McNair

  • Chris McNair

    as Self - Father of Denise McNair

  • Helen Pegues

    as Self - Denise's Aunt

  • Queen Nunn

    as Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

  • Arthur Hanes Jr.

    as Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

  • Howell Raines

    as Self - New York Times Editor

  • Harold McNair

    as Self - Denise's Uncle

  • Carole C. Smitherman

    as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  • Wamo Reed Robertson

    as Self - Carole's Aunt

  • Dianne Braddock

    as Self - Carole's Sister

  • Carolyn Lee Brown

    as Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

  • Alpha Robertson

    as Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

  • Wyatt Tee Walker

    as Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

  • Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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

  • Florence Terrell

    as Self - School Teacher

  • Gwendolyn White

    as Self - School Teacher

  • Doris Lockhart

    as Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

  • Gerald Colbert

    as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

  • Freeman Hrabowski III

    as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

  • Shirley Wesley King

    as Self - Cynthia's Sister

  • Carolyn M. McKinstry

    as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

  • David J. Vann

    as Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

  • Bill Baxley

    as Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

  • Albert Boutwell

    as Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

  • Andrew Young

    as Self - SCLC

  • Taylor Branch

    as Self - Author

  • Nadean S. Williams

    as Self - Music Teacher

  • Janie Gaines

    as Self - Addie Mae's Sister

  • Rhonda Nunn Thomas

    as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  • James Bevel

    as Self - SCLC

  • Tommy Wrenn

    as Self - SCLC

  • George Wallace

    as Self

  • Nicholas Katzenbach

    as Self - Former US Attorney General

  • Billie Harris

    as Self - Funeral Home Director

  • Ricky Powell

    as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  • Lillie Brown

    as Self - SCLC

  • Ossie Davis

    as Self - Actor and Playwright

  • Mahalia Jackson

    as Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

  • Barbara Nunn

    as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

  • John Cross

    as Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

  • Barbara Cross

    as Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

  • Morris Marshall

    as Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

  • Junie Collins

    as Self - Addie Mae's Sister

  • Diane Nash

    as Self - SCLC

  • Faye Davis

    as Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

  • Coretta Scott King

    as Self

  • Walter Cronkite

    as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

  • Bill Cosby

    as Self - Educator

  • Jesse Jackson

    as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

  • Reggie White

    as Self - Green Bay Packers

  • Ralph Abernathy

    as Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • David Brinkley

    as Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Addie Mae Collins

    as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • James Farmer

    as Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Spike Lee

    as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

  • Denise McNair

    as Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Cynthia Wesley

    as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Carole Rosamond Robertson

    as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing Spike Lee Director
Production Spike Lee Producer
Camera Ellen Kuras Director of Photography
Lighting Carl Johnson Gaffer
Editing Sam Pollard Editor
Writing Spike Lee Writer
Sound Terence Blanchard Original Music Composer
Production Sam Pollard Producer
Production Daphne McWilliams Line Producer
Production Michele Forman Associate Producer
Production Sheila Nevins Executive Producer

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