A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 11 nominations total
- Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
- (as Carole C. Smitherman Esq.)
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- TriviaWas inducted into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry on December 13, 2017, the day after Doug Jones, the US Attorney who prosecuted the trial, was elected to the Senate.
- Quotes
Howell Raines: A day in 1957, in the afternoon, the evening newscast, there's a piece of film of a gang of white men beating Fred Shuttlesworth, in the street outside of Phillips high school where he'd taken his children. With chains they beat him to the ground. And the reason it was riveting for me, I was fourteen years old, was that the police said they couldn't find the men who did it. And I recognized one of the men. I knew who he was. I'd seen him at Jack Cash's barbecue and I knew the police hung out at Jack Cash's barbecue and I knew they were lying.
- SoundtracksBirmingham Sunday
Written by Richard Farina
Used by permission of Songs of PolyGram International Inc.
Performed by Joan Baez
Courtesy of Vanguard Records/A Welk Music Group Co.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products
It brought tears to my eyes to listen and see the relatives of those four girls who were killed. Unless you have a blind eye, a deaf ear, and a hard-a** heart, it is impossible to not be moved when you see these girls' sisters and mothers describe that Sunday morning when Addie, Denise, Maxine, and Carole were killed. I could see the hurt in the mothers' eyes and hear pain in their voices when talking about their babies.
I highly recommend watching this documentary. Spike Lee did an outstanding job.
- lesyle
- Jun 23, 2003
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $130,146
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,528
- Jul 13, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $130,146