4 Little Girls
“On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine”
Synopsis
On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded at a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were attending Sunday school. The attack, which shocked the nation, became a defining moment in the history of the civil rights movement. Spike Lee revisits the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
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A crew of 62+ credited
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Edited by Sam PollardShot by Ellen KurasScored by Terence Blanchard
Also known as
- Vier kleine Mädchende
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Cast & Crew
62 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Maxine Mcnair
as Self - Mother of Denise McNair
Carole C Smitherman
as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
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
Walter Cronkite
as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Chris Mcnair
as Self - Father of Denise McNair
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
as Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Helen Pegues
as Self - Denise's Aunt
Queen Nunn
as Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair
Wamo Reed Robertson
as Self - Carole's Aunt
Dianne Braddock
as Self - Carole's Sister
Supporting cast
47Carolyn 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
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
Coretta Scott King
as Self
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)
Carole Rosamond Robertson
as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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