Documentary TV Movie
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.
Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee
David Brinkley
Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Ossie Davis
Self - Actor and Playwright
Bill Cosby
Self - Educator
Walter Cronkite
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Reggie White
Self - Green Bay Packers
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ralph Abernathy
Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andrew Young
Self - SCLC
Mahalia Jackson
Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Self
Arthur Hanes Jr.
Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
George Wallace
Self
Taylor Branch
Self - Author
Chris McNair
Self - Father of Denise McNair
Howell Raines
Self - New York Times Editor
Maxine McNair
Self - Mother of Denise McNair
James Farmer
Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Former US Attorney General
Junie Collins
Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Wamo Reed Robertson
Self - Carole's Aunt
Cynthia Wesley
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Bevel
Self - SCLC
Billie Harris
Self - Funeral Home Director
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Dianne Braddock
Self - Carole's Sister
Diane Nash
Self - SCLC
Addie Mae Collins
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Denise McNair
Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helen Pegues
Self - Denise's Aunt
Queen Nunn
Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair
Harold McNair
Self - Denise's Uncle
Carole C. Smitherman
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Carolyn Lee Brown
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
Alpha Robertson
Self - Mother of Carole Robertson
Wyatt Tee Walker
Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC
Florence Terrell
Self - School Teacher
Gwendolyn White
Self - School Teacher
Doris Lockhart
Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley
Gerald Colbert
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor
Freeman Hrabowski III
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
Shirley Wesley King
Self - Cynthia's Sister
Carolyn M. McKinstry
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
David J. Vann
Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham
Bill Baxley
Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama
Albert Boutwell
Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)
Nadean S. Williams
Self - Music Teacher
Janie Gaines
Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Rhonda Nunn Thomas
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Tommy Wrenn
Self - SCLC
Ricky Powell
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Lillie Brown
Self - SCLC
Barbara Nunn
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
John Cross
Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church
Barbara Cross
Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross
Morris Marshall
Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member
Faye Davis
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
Carole Rosamond Robertson
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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