Isnt this movie sad?
I mean,what kind of idiot would want to kill 4 INNOCENT little girls when they are at church(or anywhere)!
This film was beautifully made.
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It was a very beautifully made movie. My favorite Spike Lee...it was very moving.
If God had wanted me to marry poor he would have made me homely.
Does anyone know which girl was decapitated?
A is for "Ahhhhh!" B is for "Bluuhh!"
C is for "ChaChaChaCha!"
What kind of guy would do that you ask? Well, a violent, bigoted, racist guy...thats who!
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Why do you ask such a morbid question?
When I first saw this documentary aired on HBO, I wanted so badly to tape it. I tried several times, but I had no such luck; When the documentary came out on VHS, I had to wait until the price went down.
I bought a copy, and I watched it again, I cried again.
It's so heartwrenching and sad.
The girls didn't even have a chance to get out of the basement.
Spike Lee did an excellent job.
I believe it was Cynthia Wesley.
"I guess I started smoking when I was about...four."
There was no need to answer that question. This movie isn't about who received what injury but about the loss of 4 precious lives and the renewal & forgiveness their lives gave to others. If it had been about the photos Spike would've showed them longer. Instead it was brief to show the intensity of what happenedand how the families had to witness thst brutality first hand when they identified their little girls.
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"Does anyone know which girl was decapitated?"
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The documentary showed the post-mortem photos of the girls (including the one who was decapitated). As evidenced by their death photos, Denise McNair and Carole Robertson's bodies were in tact, so it had to be either Addie Mae Collins or Cynthia Wesley.
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I watched it for the first time last night...I had tears in my eyes during the opening sequence. Didn't even see that coming. This is a beautiful film.
shareWell this morning I just came from the dentist and was running through the channels to see what movies they had and came on to this one. I was watching the part where they explained where the 4 girls where at the church when the bomb happened. I was shocked when I saw the pictures of those girls in the hospital!! I had tears into my eyes and this is my all time favorite documentary and spike lee movie and very sad.
shareill tell you who The KKK did it. It was the KKK that placed the bomb on the church. i dont know why people like them nayway. racist punks.
Take this F-ing Jack Thompson!!
Of course it was. The other 2 men faced trial in 2001 & 2002, both convicted and all members of the KKK. BTW, the only surviving murderer is up for parole next year having only served 14 years for 4 murders!! Think black prisoners get off so easily?
sharehow did each of the girls die?
i know one got decapitated
another got somethign with her eye
church bombing..kkk
Take this F-ing Jack Thompson!!
I hope Spike Lee continues to do more documentary, becasue his efforts continue to impress me.
I think I might have read a one-sentance reference to this incident in some history book before I saw this movie. I'm glad Lee dragged it out into the light of day for full exposure.
Been a while since I saw it, but one thing I remeber jumping out at me was the little neighborhood kids who could recite the whole oral history of the bus strike, complete with landmark references, on request. That was just really cool, and as a local history buff myself warmed my heart.
Where do you live thst this isn't widely known!?! Here in the south it is well known and thankfully taught in schools and the horrors of racism shown to children early! My kids knew about it early as part of the history of the Civil Rights Movement and me teaching them the same at home. As a white, middle class family in the south it's imperative that this is taught early and our children learn that racism on any level is wrong. Since racism is alive in every state every child should know this story and others well!!
shareSaddest most moving documentary ever.
shareThe saddest thing I have seen next to watching the families heart break of each child after 30 years and the hard ships they had to go through in that time, was seeing that poor man that Wallace claimed was his Black best friend. The look in that guys eyes told the story of the countless sufferable acts that wallace had thrown upon the black community. I agree with what doctor king said,"the blood of four little children ... is on your hands. Your irresponsible and misguided actions have created in Birmingham and Alabama the atmosphere that has induced continued violence and now murder."
shareNot EVER taking up for GW and his mad obsession with power at any cost but he did ask forgiveness in '79 when he became a Christian. Not a blanket apology necessarily, he spoke at black churches and strived to bring blacks and whites together. However, it was too little too late in my opinion. And calling your paid nurse your "best friend" is an exercise in quieting ones guilt. But I did think his conversion was a bit of interesting news.
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