Summaries

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan of the African American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement, which killed four young girls.

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 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, amid a campaign to end the city's racial segregation laws. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives, and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to advance the fight for equality and justice.—Kenneth Chisholm <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • national film registry
  • bombing
  • racial segregation
  • civil rights movement
  • birmingham alabama
Genres
  • History
  • Documentary
Release date Jul 8, 1997
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Home Box Office (HBO) 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Box office

Gross US & Canada $130146
Opening weekend US & Canada $13528
Gross worldwide $130146

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 42m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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