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Director Spike Lee made his first feature-length documentary with this powerful story of the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, AL, in 1963, which took the lives of four girls, ages ... read more
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002
Stats: 161 reviews
Brilliant Black director Spike Lee creates a compelling documentary on the lives of young Black people in the 50s. It's really good, if you like his work, you will want to see this movie as well.
An Outstanding Film. This is a selection of the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, and I must say that its one of there best selections to Date. Spike Lee is the Director of this movie and I will admit that I haven't enjoyed many of his films in the past but this one blew ... read more
Absorbing and sad drama about the bombing of a Birmingham church during the 60's Civil Rights movement. Solidly made as you'd expect by Spike Lee, it covers the same ground as the many other documentaries that have been made about that time, however the main difference is that ra... read more
Powerful indictment of America in the early 1960s. Moving, shocking and a must see.
The title stems from a church bombing that killed four young girls. This event is one small part of a documentary that covers the fight for equality by blacks in Birmingham during the 60's. There are lots of good interviews from people who lived through the events at that time.
I learned so much by watching this movie. I even brought it to school and shared it with my class. Interesting, educational, and touching. You get to see the people involved as more than names on a plague.
As one could imagine, the film isn't just about the 4 little girls killed in the 16th street baptist church bombing, but about the entire civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama in that era. The film succeeds spectacularly on creating emotional involvement with the story of ... read more
Another great documentary regarding the death of children that help continue the fight against racism in the south.
Really touching film. Spike Lee did a wonderful job telling the story of these 4 little girls who lost their lives.
A compelling, straightforward account of a deeply sorrowful and pivotal event in the civil rights movement. Full Review
A thoughtful, graceful, quietly devastating account. Full Review
There is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls, but there is anger in the depths, as there should be. Full Review
4 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss. Full Review
It is Lee's job as a film maker to imbue these images with life, and that's a task he easily accomplishes. Full Review
Spike Lee has launched another perfectly timed counteroffensive: a calmly wrenching mix of oral history and period newsreels. Full Review
It's presented with Lee's usual intelligence and clarity as he skilfully mixes politics with moving reminders of the lives it affects. Full Review
Time and tragedy may have flattened the four girls into remote paragons of youthful virtue, but the viciousness of anti-integrationist rhetoric is palpable and should never be forgotten. Full Review
Lee's filmmaking ... has the beauty of simplicity and the shadings of compassion. Full Review
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