4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls (1997)

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

Documentary

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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  • Release Date: 1997-07-09
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Director: Spike Lee

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Maxine McNair

      Self - Mother of Denise McNair

    • Chris McNair

      Self - Father of Denise McNair

    • Helen Pegues

      Self - Denise's Aunt

    • Queen Nunn

      Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

    • Arthur Hanes Jr.

      Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

    • Howell Raines

      Self - New York Times Editor

    • Harold McNair

      Self - Denise's Uncle

    • Carole C. Smitherman

      Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

    • Wamo Reed Robertson

      Self - Carole's Aunt

    • Dianne Braddock

      Self - Carole's Sister

    • Carolyn Lee Brown

      Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

    • Alpha Robertson

      Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

    • Wyatt Tee Walker

      Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

    • Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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

    • Florence Terrell

      Self - School Teacher

    • Gwendolyn White

      Self - School Teacher

    • Doris Lockhart

      Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

    • Gerald Colbert

      Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

    • Freeman Hrabowski III

      Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

    • Shirley Wesley King

      Self - Cynthia's Sister

    • Carolyn M. McKinstry

      Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

    • David J. Vann

      Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

    • Bill Baxley

      Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

    • Albert Boutwell

      Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

    • Andrew Young

      Self - SCLC

    • Taylor Branch

      Self - Author

    • Nadean S. Williams

      Self - Music Teacher

    • Janie Gaines

      Self - Addie Mae's Sister

    • Rhonda Nunn Thomas

      Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

    • James Bevel

      Self - SCLC

    • Tommy Wrenn

      Self - SCLC

    • George Wallace

      Self

    • Nicholas Katzenbach

      Self - Former US Attorney General

    • Billie Harris

      Self - Funeral Home Director

    • Ricky Powell

      Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

    • Lillie Brown

      Self - SCLC

    • Ossie Davis

      Self - Actor and Playwright

    • Mahalia Jackson

      Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

    • Barbara Nunn

      Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

    • John Cross

      Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

    • Barbara Cross

      Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

    • Morris Marshall

      Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

    • Junie Collins

      Self - Addie Mae's Sister

    • Diane Nash

      Self - SCLC

    • Faye Davis

      Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

    • 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)

    • David Brinkley

      Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (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)