4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls(1997)

"On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine"

7.2/10
47 votes
102 minJuly 9, 1997

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.

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Maxine McNair

Maxine McNair

Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Chris McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

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Helen Pegues

Self - Denise's Aunt

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Queen Nunn

Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines

Howell Raines

Self - New York Times Editor

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Harold McNair

Self - Denise's Uncle

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Carole C. Smitherman

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson

Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock

Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Sister

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Carolyn Lee Brown

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

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Alpha Robertson

Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

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Wyatt Tee Walker

Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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

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Florence Terrell

Self - School Teacher

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Gwendolyn White

Self - School Teacher

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Doris Lockhart

Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

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Gerald Colbert

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

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Freeman Hrabowski III

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

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Shirley Wesley King

Self - Cynthia's Sister

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Carolyn M. McKinstry

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

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David J. Vann

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

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Bill Baxley

Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

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Albert Boutwell

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch

Self - Author

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Nadean S. Williams

Self - Music Teacher

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Janie Gaines

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

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Rhonda Nunn Thomas

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel

James Bevel

Self - SCLC

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Tommy Wrenn

Self - SCLC

George Wallace

George Wallace

Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

Nicholas Katzenbach

Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris

Billie Harris

Self - Funeral Home Director

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Ricky Powell

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

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Lillie Brown

Self - SCLC

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis

Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

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Barbara Nunn

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

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John Cross

Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

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Barbara Cross

Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

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Morris Marshall

Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

Junie Collins

Junie Collins

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash

Diane Nash

Self - SCLC

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Faye Davis

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

Self

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Self - Educator

Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Reggie White

Reggie White

Self - Green Bay Packers

Ralph Abernathy

Ralph Abernathy

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

David Brinkley

David Brinkley

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

Addie Mae Collins

Addie Mae Collins

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

James Farmer

James Farmer

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Denise McNair

Denise McNair

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

Cynthia Wesley

Cynthia Wesley

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

Carole Rosamond Robertson

Carole Rosamond Robertson

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

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