4 Little Girls 27 years old

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

4 Little Girls

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.

Credits

4 Little Girls Cast

Name Character
Bill Cosby He was 59, now 87 years old as Himself - Educator
Walter Cronkite He was 80, 92 years old when he died as Himself - Special Correspondent CBS News
Spike Lee He was 40, now 67 years old as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Ossie Davis He was 79, 87 years old when he died as Himself - Actor and Playwright
Jesse Jackson He was 55, now 83 years old as Himself - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Mahalia Jackson She was 85, 60 years old when she died as Herself - During March on Washington (archive footage)
Andrew Young He was 65, now 92 years old as Himself - SCLC
James Farmer as Himself - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Brinkley He was 76, 82 years old when he died as Himself - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reggie White He was 35, 43 years old when he died as Himself - Green Bay Packers
Martin Luther King, Jr. He was 68, 39 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

4 Little Girls Crew

Name Department
Samuel D. Pollard as Editor. Editing
Ellen Kuras as Director of Photography. She was 37 (now 65) years old Camera
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4 Little Girls (27 years)

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

  • Release day: Wednesday, July 09, 1997
  • Runtime: 102 minutes