Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
The bill
Maxine McNair
Self - Mother of Denise McNair
Chris McNair
Self - Father of Denise McNair
Helen Pegues
Self - Denise's Aunt
Queen Nunn
Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair
- Arthur Hanes Jr. — Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
- Howell Raines — Self - New York Times Editor
- Harold McNair — Self - Denise's Uncle
- Carole C. Smitherman — Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
- Wamo Reed Robertson — Self - Carole's Aunt
- Dianne Braddock — Self - Carole's Sister
- Carolyn Lee Brown — Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
- Alpha Robertson — Self - Mother of Carole Robertson
- Wyatt Tee Walker — Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC
- Fred Lee Shuttlesworth — Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rig
- Florence Terrell — Self - School Teacher
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 59 ratings
- Studio
- 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
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