"On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine"

1997

1h 42m

7.3(46 votes)

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Overview

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.

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59 members

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Maxine McNair

Self - Mother of Denise McNair

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Chris McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

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Helen Pegues

Self - Denise's Aunt

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Queen Nunn

Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

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Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

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Howell Raines

Self - New York Times Editor

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Harold McNair

Self - Denise's Uncle

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Carole C. Smitherman

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

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Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Aunt

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Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Sister

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Carolyn Lee Brown

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

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Alpha Robertson

Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

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Wyatt Tee Walker

Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

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Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

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Florence Terrell

Self - School Teacher

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Gwendolyn White

Self - School Teacher

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Doris Lockhart

Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

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Gerald Colbert

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

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Freeman Hrabowski III

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

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Shirley Wesley King

Self - Cynthia's Sister

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Carolyn M. McKinstry

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

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David J. Vann

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

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Bill Baxley

Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

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Albert Boutwell

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

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Andrew Young

Self - SCLC

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Taylor Branch

Self - Author

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Nadean S. Williams

Self - Music Teacher

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Janie Gaines

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

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Rhonda Nunn Thomas

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

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James Bevel

Self - SCLC

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Tommy Wrenn

Self - SCLC

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George Wallace

Self

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Nicholas Katzenbach

Self - Former US Attorney General

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Billie Harris

Self - Funeral Home Director

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Ricky Powell

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

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Lillie Brown

Self - SCLC

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Ossie Davis

Self - Actor and Playwright

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Mahalia Jackson

Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

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Barbara Nunn

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

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John Cross

Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

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Barbara Cross

Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

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Morris Marshall

Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

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Junie Collins

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

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Diane Nash

Self - SCLC

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Faye Davis

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

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Coretta Scott King

Self

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Walter Cronkite

Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

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Bill Cosby

Self - Educator

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Jesse Jackson

Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

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Reggie White

Self - Green Bay Packers

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Ralph Abernathy

Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)

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David Brinkley

Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Addie Mae Collins

Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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James Farmer

Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Spike Lee

Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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Denise McNair

Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Cynthia Wesley

Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Carole Rosamond Robertson

Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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