Fresh
There isn't an ounce of flab or hype, and the story it tells is profoundly affecting.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
4 Little Girls
On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine
1997 · 1h 42m · TV-14
Documentary, TV Movie
Directed by
Spike Lee
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4 Little Girls
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.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A compelling, straightforward account of a deeply sorrowful and pivotal event in the civil rights movement.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
A thoughtful, graceful, quietly devastating account.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
There is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls, but there is anger in the depths, as there should be.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
4 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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