4 Little Girls

Starring:Dianne Braddock, Carolyn Lee Brown, Gerald Colbert, Arthur Hanes Jr., Freeman Hrabowski III, Doris Lockhart, Harold McNair (II), Chris McNair, Maxine McNair, Queen Nunn, Helen Pegues, Howell Raines, Alpha Robertson, Wamo Reed Robertson, Fred Shuttlesworth, Carole C. Smitherman, Florence Terrell, Wyatt Tee Walker, Gwendolyn White
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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There are many remarkable things about the documentary 4 Little Girls. Spike Lee's striking, beautifully realized film is a cinematic lesson of what kind of material is better suited to the documentary format. In his first documentary, Lee shares an attribute of Ken Burns: the major event in his documentary is not seen on camera. Except for four quick glimpses of black-and-white autopsy photos, the picture stays clear from the bombing. Lee remains with the faces, the girls' friends, families, and the historic figures of the era. They've all grown up since the bombing but their memories haven't faded. The vital facts of the case are certainly here: the troubled history of Birmingham, the court proceedings, friends' last run-ins with the girls. What touches us deeper though are those witnesses telling us of living through the core era of segregation and bigotry: a father explaining to his child why she can't have a sandwich in a cafeteria and a woman offering up tears of past events. There's even an interview with George Wallace, the prince of segregation, that belongs in a David Lynch feature. Lee's film asserts the bombing energized the civil rights movement and when the voice of America, Walter Cronkite, echoes those sentiments, you believe he may have it right. --Doug Thomas
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From the director of ' 'Do The Right Thing' ' and ' 'Malcolm X' ' comes ' 'a masterpiece.' ' (Chicago Tribune) When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on September 15, 1963, it takes the lives of four young girls. This racially motivated crime, sparks the nation?s outrage and helps fuel the civil rights movement sweeping across the country.

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Four Little Girls a little lost

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4 LITTLE GIRLS

Tragically well done...*sigh*

Great video, Mint Condition

4 Little Girls
Starring: Dianne Braddock , Carolyn Lee Brown , Gerald Colbert , Arthur Hanes Jr. , and Freeman Hrabowski III
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000053V7G
Release Date: 2001-01-23

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There are many remarkable things about the documentary 4 Little Girls. Spike Lee's striking, beautifully realized film is a cinematic lesson of what kind of material is better suited to the documentary format. In his first documentary, Lee shares an attribute of Ken Burns: the major event in his documentary is not seen on camera. Except for four quick glimpses of black-and-white autopsy photos, the picture stays clear from the bombing. Lee remains with the faces, the girls' friends, families, and the historic figures of the era. They've all grown up since the bombing but their memories haven't faded. The vital facts of the case are certainly here: the troubled history of Birmingham, the court proceedings, friends' last run-ins with the girls. What touches us deeper though are those witnesses telling us of living through the core era of segregation and bigotry: a father explaining to his child why she can't have a sandwich in a cafeteria and a woman offering up tears of past events. There's even an interview with George Wallace, the prince of segregation, that belongs in a David Lynch feature. Lee's film asserts the bombing energized the civil rights movement and when the voice of America, Walter Cronkite, echoes those sentiments, you believe he may have it right. --Doug Thomas

Description

From the director of ' 'Do The Right Thing' ' and ' 'Malcolm X' ' comes ' 'a masterpiece.' ' (Chicago Tribune) When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on September 15, 1963, it takes the lives of four young girls. This racially motivated crime, sparks the nation?s outrage and helps fuel the civil rights movement sweeping across the country.

Customer Reviews:

Four Little Girls a little lost.......2007-07-03

This is a well presented view of the period and the children who died in Birmingham when the 17th Street Baptist Church was bombed by the KKK. It allows viewers to see the children, their families and the city in which this all happened. As a documentary, it is useful, but selective and moves a bit slowly at times.

History in video.......2007-06-26

Spike Lee has done a super job of sharing a difficult, but important story in the history of the civil rights movement. It is realistic and not romanticized; as one who lived during this period in history, I felt the video was accurate and informative using the "voices" of the people who were involved.

4 LITTLE GIRLS.......2007-05-10

THE MATERIAL IS SECOND TO NONE - SPIKE LEE DID US A SERVICE BY ALLOWING US TO SEE THIS AWFUL TRUTH IN SUCH A BLATANT WAY.....

Tragically well done...*sigh*.......2007-04-07

Some stories you just never forget as a child and this is one of them.

Great video, Mint Condition.......2007-03-21

I thought the DVD was useful for the classroom. Although, there are some scenes that are a little graphic, it still very much depicts a world where many of our students are unfamiliar with. I used it to make a text- to - world connection with the Drama A Raisin in the Sun.

Charlie Rose with Spike Lee & Howell Raines; Skitch Henderson, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson & Ann Miller (July 14, 1997)

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Charlie Rose with Spike Lee & Howell Raines; Skitch Henderson, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson & Ann Miller (July 14, 1997)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose
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Charlie speaks with filmmaker Spike Lee and reporter Howell Raines about the bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963 that inspired the film, 4 Little Girls. Plus, performers Ann Miller, Skitch Henderson, Cyd Charisse and Van Johnson talk about the heyday of Hollywood movie musicals.

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