4 Little Girls

1997 · directed by Spike Lee

Rating

82/100

Hit

yes

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 (1997), directed by Spike Lee, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Maxine McNair
• Chris McNair
• Helen Pegues
• Queen Nunn
• Arthur Hanes Jr.
• Howell Raines
• Harold McNair
• Carole C. Smitherman
• Wamo Reed Robertson
• Dianne Braddock

Crew

• Ellen Kuras — Director of Photography
• Sam Pollard — Editor
• Terence Blanchard — Original Music Composer
• Spike Lee — Writer

More from Spike Lee

1. Do the Right Thing (1989) — 97/100 · hit
2. HIStory on Film, Volume II (1997) — 86/100 · hit
3. David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) — 85/100 · hit
4. BlacKkKlansman (2018) — 81/100 · hit
5. Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
6. Malcolm X (1992) — 78/100

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