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4 little girls, an HBO Documentary Film in association with a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production ; a Spike Lee Joint

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Label
4 little girls, an HBO Documentary Film in association with a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production ; a Spike Lee Joint
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
4 little girls
Medium
videorecording VHS
resource.otherEventInformation
Videocassette release of a motion picture originally shown on HBO television, February 23, 1998
Responsibility statement
an HBO Documentary Film in association with a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production ; a Spike Lee Joint
Runtime
103
Summary
"The Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed...but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. The 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted by the Ku Klux Klan, exploded in the building...under the fallen debris the bodies of [four] girls were found--Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley died because of the color of their skin."--Container
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Four little girlsBirmingham bombing
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Subject
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