4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

102 mins | Documentary | July 9, 1997

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.

4 Little Girls

102 mins | Documentary | July 9, 1997

4 Little Girls
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Original title 4 Little Girls
Directors Spike Lee
Writers Spike Lee

Cast

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

Carolyn Lee Brown

as Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson

as Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker

as Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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

Florence Terrell

as Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White

as Self - School Teacher

Doris Lockhart

as Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert

as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III

as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King

as Self - Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry

as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann

as Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley

as Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell

as Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young

as Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch

as Self - Author

Nadean S. Williams

as Self - Music Teacher

Janie Gaines

as Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Rhonda Nunn Thomas

as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel

as Self - SCLC

Tommy Wrenn

as Self - SCLC

George Wallace

as Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

as Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris

as Self - Funeral Home Director

Ricky Powell

as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Lillie Brown

as Self - SCLC

Ossie Davis

as Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson

as Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Barbara Nunn

as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

John Cross

as Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

Barbara Cross

as Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

Morris Marshall

as Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

Junie Collins

as Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash

as Self - SCLC

Faye Davis

as Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Walter Cronkite

as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

Bill Cosby

as Self - Educator

Jesse Jackson

as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Reggie White

as Self - Green Bay Packers

Ralph Abernathy

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

David Brinkley

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

Addie Mae Collins

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

James Farmer

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spike Lee

as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Denise McNair

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

Cynthia Wesley

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