Civil rights aside, what affected me in Four Little Girls was how much the girl's families families and friends still miss them and love them after all of those years. Amazing, that they aonly had those children 11 and 14 years and they still remain so devoted to them, more than 3 times their lifetimes later.
That should be everyone's life goal, to be someone that could inspire that much love, as to be remembered 40 years later.
I agree. To me, one of the saddest parts in the film is when one of the girls' mothers, I believe it was Denise McNair's, was describing how she chose a dress for her daughter to be buried in. What struck me was how calm and contemplative they all were--perhaps it was the passage of time, but I don't know if I could ever speak about something like that without anger if it was my daughter. Probably one of the most powerful documentaries, or films in general, I've ever seen.
"I guess I started smoking when I was about...four."
I found that extremely affecting as well. Just the idea of buying a dress, for your daughter...and then putting it on her, to be buried in. Unbelievably sad.
shareI saw it this past weekend and you start realize that it really wasn't that long ago. Like my mom is almost 60, about the same age that these girls would have been had they lived. We're only one or two generations past segregation. As I was watching, it reminded me of a war zone with people's churches and houses being burned. Those Klan guys could be brought up on terrorism charges here in post-Patriot Act America.
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