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7.7/10   1,231 votes
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Director:
Spike Lee
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Release Date:
9 July 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | History more
Tagline:
Birmingham, 1963. A single explosion rocked a community and awakened a sleeping nation. more
Plot:
A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
a great documentary more (32 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Maxine McNair ... Herself (Mother of Denise McNair)
Chris McNair ... Himself (Father of Denise McNair)
Helen Pegues ... Herself (Denise's Aunt)
Queen Nunn ... Herself (Neighbor of Denise McNair)
Arthur Hanes Jr. ... Himself (Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss)
Howell Raines ... Himself (New York Times Editor)
Harold McNair ... Himself (Denise's Uncle)
Carole C. Smitherman ... Herself (Denise's Childhood Friend) (as Carole C. Smitherman Esq.)
Wamo Reed Robertson ... Herself (Carole's Aunt)
Dianne Braddock ... Herself (Carole's Sister)
Carolyn Lee Brown ... Herself (Carole's Childhood Friend)
Alpha Robertson ... Herself (Mother of Carole Robertson)
Wyatt Tee Walker ... Himself (Former Executive Director of SCLC)
Fred Shuttlesworth ... Himself (Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights) (also archive footage)
Florence Terrell ... Herself (School Teacher)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the victims, Denise McNair, was a friend and classmate of future Secretary of State 'Condoleeza Rice'. more
Quotes:
Wyatt Tee Walker: So we made the decision based on several things. Fred Shuttlesworth was fearless and courageous to the point of being almost insane; miraculously surviving a bombing of his home. Had taking his wife and two children trying to integrate a school with a mob of five or six hundred folks with chains and stuff like that; just an incredible human being in my view. more
Movie Connections:
References "60 Minutes" (1968) more
Soundtrack:
Birmingham Sunday more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
a great documentary, 3 July 2002
Author: dtucker86 from Germany

The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1963 was sort of the 9/11 of its day. Its interesting this bombing was on September 15 only four days later. It was a crime that shook the nation and the world. Its still in the news! There was a man who only recently was convicted for his role in it. Spike Lee does an amazing job in bringing this tragedy back to us. In interviews with the families of these girls and various others. The one that got me is the one with George Wallace. I thought it was really pathetic the way he kept bringing his butler into the picture and saying that he had a black friend. If anyone symbolized the bigotry and violence in the South during this period, its Wallace and I think to show him in this was wrong. By the way, the song at the opening when they show these poor little girl's graves will haunt you for a long time.

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