Arthur Hanes Jr., Carole C., Chris McNair, Dianne Braddock, Fred Shuttlesworth ...( see more  see more... ) , Harold McNair , Helen Pegues , Howell Raines , Maxine McNair , Queen Nunn , Smitherman , Wamo Reed Robertson , Wyatt Tee Walker

On a Birmingham Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, while attending Sunday school, four little girls were brutally murdered when a bomb ripped through the basement of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Chur...( read more  read more... )ch. Dead were Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Denise McNair (11), Cynthia Wesley (14) and Carole Rosamond Robertson (14). A terrorist attack, orchestrated by Robert Dynamite Bob Chambliss, the bombing was one in a series of racial attacks against Black people across the country, but one that had a tremendous impact on America. Told through the eyes of people who were there--survivors, witnesses, defenders and prosecutors, this account records a senseless act whose supporters once thought they would be able to put an end to integration in Birmingham. Instead, it fueled the movement further when it robbed 4 innocent children of their lives and their place in the world.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Release Date: July 9, 1997

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DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002

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  • June 28, 2008
    Amazing film. Truly an eye-opener. Spike Lee you are a miracle-worker.
  • June 8, 2008
    Highly interesting! A touching account.
  • March 26, 2008
    Powerful indictment of America in the early 1960s. Moving, shocking and a must see.
  • December 29, 2009
    Absorbing and sad drama about the bombing of a Birmingham church during the 60's Civil Rights movement. Solidly made as you'd expect by Spike Lee, it covers the same ground as the many other documentaries that have been made about that time, however the main difference is that ra...( read more)ther than showing how the tragedy gave much needed momentum to the Civil Rights Movement, Lee focuses on the personal side of the loss of four small girls by their grieving families and friends.
    Well worth a watch if you want to learn more about that period of recent American history, though you might need to explore further if you want a bigger picture.
  • May 17, 2009
    The title stems from a church bombing that killed four young girls. This event is one small part of a documentary that covers the fight for equality by blacks in Birmingham during the 60's. There are lots of good interviews from people who lived through the events at that time.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • January 31, 2008
    I learned so much by watching this movie. I even brought it to school and shared it with my class. Interesting, educational, and touching. You get to see the people involved as more than names on a plague.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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