4 Little Girls (1997)
This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to push the fight for equality and justice on. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Spike Lee
Starring: Howell Raines, Fred Shuttlesworth, Dianne Braddock, Carolyn Lee Brown, Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Alpha Robertson, Arthur Hanes Jr., Wyatt Tee Walker
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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4 Little Girls belongs to 23 collections
1. National Film Registry (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 31 stars)
2. Best of criticker: Documentary (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 19 stars)
3. Women+ (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 18 stars)
4. Metacritic - Universal Acclaim (collaborative: moderated by sengir - 14 stars)
5. American politics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
6. Black Cinema (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 7 stars)
7. Terrorism (collaborative: moderated by doganay - 5 stars)
8. Documentaries about children (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
9. Roger Ebert's 4-Star Movies (collaborative: moderated by KirkJiggler - 3 stars)
10. Female cinematographers (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 2 stars)
11. Photographed by Ellen Kuras (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
12. African-American director (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)
13. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (public: Coheed - 1 star)
14. Availability: CraveTV (Canada) (collaborative: moderated by geohawk)
15. Racial documentaries (collaborative: moderated by Hadleyreis)
16. Available on Divicast (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx)
17. 3: Very Interesting (public: KasperL)
18. director marathon (public: MartinTeller)
19. 1997: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
20. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 30 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
21. List: Filmspotting Ratings Project - Communal Watchlist (public: KasperL)
22. Availability: HBO Max (Nordic) (public: KasperL)
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MartinTeller | 82 73rd |
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As a documentary, it achieves everything it should: it informs us, it moves us, and it reminds us of the evil that we Americans have in our past, and still have today. "Never forget", indeed. It goes without saying that this was an awful act of hatred, its impact still sharply felt by friends and family of the victims. However, I question the need for Bill Cosby to chime in, or Jesse Jackson for that matter. It pulled me out of the film for a moment. Other than that, a strong and memorable film.
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Nathan S | 5 93rd |
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In his stirring and sometimes inflammatory depictions of racial inequality, and a sympathy for the hearts who have borne the burden of the black experience in America, one of Spike Lee's consistently tremendous proficiencies has been montage. It lends well to works of essay and documentary, and culminates here into something especially deep felt.
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woodoo | 90 82nd |
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Lee is a highly underrated documentarian, between this and the Katrina doc. HBO built its reputation on these films.
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pyrosexual | 78 56th |
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Spike Lee should maybe stick to making HBO docs.
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Sean E Robs | 95 88th |
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(Just Watched) - Consensus: Spectacular
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| Average Percentile 69.83% from 122 Ratings |  |