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4 Little Girls

73 %|Jul 9, 1997|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.

Featured Crew

Spike Lee
Producer
Spike Lee
Director
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
Sam Pollard
Editor
Spike Lee
Writer
Daphne McWilliams
Line Producer
Michele Forman
Associate Producer
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer

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Cast

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Maxine McNair
Self - Mother of Denise McNair
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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
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Arthur Hanes Jr.
Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
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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
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Wamo Reed Robertson
Self - Carole's Aunt
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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
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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)
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Andrew Young
Self - SCLC
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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
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James Bevel
Self - SCLC
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Tommy Wrenn
Self - SCLC
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Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Former US Attorney General
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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
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Ossie Davis
Self - Actor and Playwright
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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
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Junie Collins
Self - Addie Mae's Sister
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Diane Nash
Self - SCLC
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Faye Davis
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
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Walter Cronkite
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
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Bill Cosby
Self - Educator
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Jesse Jackson
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
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Reggie White
Self - Green Bay Packers
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Ralph Abernathy
Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
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David Brinkley
Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Addie Mae Collins
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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James Farmer
Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Spike Lee
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
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Denise McNair
Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Cynthia Wesley
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Carole Rosamond Robertson
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)