4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

Directed by Spike Lee

Produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

1997102 min7.1 / 10

A solemn, historically grounded documentary that confronts a foundational American atrocity and its human cost through archival evidence and testimony.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is 4 Little Girls sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Is 4 Little Girls easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is 4 Little Girls violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is 4 Little Girls scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does 4 Little Girls end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise53

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Like 4 Little Girls

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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