4 Little Girls
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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. Positive: 14 out of 14
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    80
    The film is artfully made, its occasional excesses of style moderated by the plain force of the content and the passion of the testimony.

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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.
  2. joomjim4
    10
    A great documentary which possessed an overwhelmingly touching story by representing life of these 4 girls in such great depth that it raises much of a despair yet provoking a sense of compassion and anger to the viewers. A Profoundly Conventional Film.… Expand
  3. shy191
    10
    There is not a thing went wrong in this exceptionally engrossing documentary from Spike Lee. The story was so personal in a way that it raises such anger for these innocent girls. Magnificent film.… Expand

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