
This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to push the fight for equality and justice on.... (Full plot summary below)
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This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to push the fight for equality and justice on.
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| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThere isn't an ounce of flab or hype, and the story it tells is profoundly affecting. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAn important act of historical preservation, a focused and effective film that brings back a dark, important moment in history with startling clarity. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe film's approach is highly instructive, deeply moving, and geared to deploring the racism that breeds violence rather than reactivating old hatreds. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann4 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls, but there is anger in the depths, as there should be. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbita clear example that film auteurs can handle a variety of genres when inspired |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinA thoughtful, graceful, quietly devastating account. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt is Lee's job as a film maker to imbue these images with life, and that's a task he easily accomplishes. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyLee takes a conventional, talking-heads-and-archival-clips approach to the material, but rewardingly establishes an intimate connection with his subjects by devoting considerable time to the personalities and families of the four victims. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesLee's powerful film works best in the stock footage from the past for no words can adequately describe what happened then. |