4 Little Girls (1997)
Directed by Spike Lee · 102 min · Documentary, TV Movie
57.2 TOPICAL score · #1,449 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
4 Little Girls (1997, directed by Spike Lee) has a TOPICAL score of 57.2 - ranked 1,449 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 3 awards from 4 nominations, including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 88. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (59 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 14 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 88
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (59 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10
- Awards3 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film; Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary Film; Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 14 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read5,717 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn