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  • Starring: Chris McNair, Fred Shuttlesworth, Howell Raines, Maxine McNair, Wamo Reed Robertson, Wyatt Tee Walker
  • Summary: 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 America's civil-rights movement. Now, acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee tells the full story of the bombing, through heart-wrenching testimonials from surviving members of the victims' families, insights from Bill Cosby, Walter Cronkite, Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King and many others, and a rare and revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace. (HBO Documentary Films)… Expand

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  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    100
    This subject demands consummate screen treatment and now has absolutely gotten it from director/producer Spike Lee. [10 Jul 1997, Pg.02.D]
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  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    100
    4 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    There is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls, but there is anger in the depths, as there should be.

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  1. KarinD.
    10
    This was a powerful movie that drew you into it. This story was mentioned in school, but writer/producer Spike Lee made you feel a part of it.
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