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MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 01/23/2001 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: HBO Home Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: History, Biography, Social History, Race & Ethnicity

Director Spike Lee made his first feature-length documentary with this powerful story of the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, AL, in 1963, which took the lives of four girls, ages 11 through 14. The shocking incident received national press attention and became a rallying point in the ongoing struggle for civil rights, but while Lee's film examines the crime, the perpetrators, and the long struggle to bring them to justice, it also offers a close look at the four girls themselves as their friends and families recall, in moving detail, who they were and how they lived. A variety of civil rights activists, politicians, journalists, and lawyers are interviewed onscreen, including Walter Cronkite and a brief but disturbing meeting with former Alabama governor George Wallace. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Spike Lee's powerful documentary 4 Little Girls comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a biography of Spike Lee, a making-of featurette, and web links. This is a solid release from HBO/Rysher that should appeal to documentary film enthusiasts, as well as anyone interested in studying the history of America's struggle for civil rights. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide