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* BlackBestFriend: A withered, frail George Wallace (governor of Alabama at the time of the bombing and at that time a passionate defender of segregation) chooses to demonstrate that he is not a racist by trotting his companion Eddie Holcey, who appears to be a caretaker, and proclaiming Holcey to be Wallace's best friend. Holcey doesn't look too happy about it.
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* TokenBlackFriend: In-Universe. A withered, frail George Wallace (governor of Alabama at the time of the bombing and at that time a passionate defender of segregation) chooses to demonstrate that he is not a racist by trotting his companion Eddie Holcey, who appears to be a caretaker, and proclaiming Holcey to be Wallace's best friend. Holcey doesn't look too happy about it.
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* TheVoice: Spike Lee never shows his face on camera but can be occasionally heard questioning his interview subjects.
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* TheVoice: Spike Lee never shows his face on camera but can be occasionally heard questioning his interview subjects.subjects.
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->''"On Birmingham Sunday a noise shook the ground\\
And people all over the earth turned around\\
For no one recalled a more cowardly sound\\
And the choirs kept singing of freedom"''
-->-- '''Joan Baez'''
And people all over the earth turned around\\
For no one recalled a more cowardly sound\\
And the choirs kept singing of freedom"''
-->-- '''Joan Baez'''
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It is a documentary film about the notorious [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing 16th Street Church bombing]] in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. Four white racists planted dynamite which exploded at 10:22 am, shortly before Sunday services at the church were to begin. Killed in the explosion were four young black girls: Addie Mae Collins (aged 14), Carol [=McNair=] (aged 11), Carole Robertson (aged 14), and Cynthia Wesley (aged 11). The tragedy ignited worldwide anger and outrage and is widely seen as being a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
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It is a documentary film about the notorious [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing 16th Street Church bombing]] in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. Four white racists planted dynamite which exploded at 10:22 am, shortly before Sunday services at the church were to begin. Killed in the explosion were four young black girls: Addie Mae Collins (aged 14), Carol [=McNair=] (aged 11), Carole Robertson (aged 14), and Cynthia Wesley (aged 11). Eventually, long after the murders, one of the perpetrators is put on trial.
The tragedy ignited worldwide anger and outrage and is widely seen as being a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
The tragedy ignited worldwide anger and outrage and is widely seen as being a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
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* {{Gorn}}: Lee makes a point of showing the morgue photos of all four dead girls.
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* BlackBestFriend: A withered, frail George Wallace (governor of Alabama at the time of the bombing and at that time a passionate defender of segregation) chooses to demonstrate that he is not a racist by trotting out a black man, who appears to be a caretaker, and proclaiming the caretaker to be Wallace's best friend. The caretaker doesn't look too happy about it.
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* BlackBestFriend: A withered, frail George Wallace (governor of Alabama at the time of the bombing and at that time a passionate defender of segregation) chooses to demonstrate that he is not a racist by trotting out a black man, his companion Eddie Holcey, who appears to be a caretaker, and proclaiming the caretaker Holcey to be Wallace's best friend. The caretaker Holcey doesn't look too happy about it.
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''4 Little Girls'' is a Creator/SpikeLee joint from 1997.
It is a documentary film about the notorious [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing 16th Street Church bombing]] in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. Four white racists planted dynamite which exploded at 10:22 am, shortly before Sunday services at the church were to begin. Killed in the explosion were four young black girls: Addie Mae Collins (aged 14), Carol [=McNair=] (aged 11), Carole Robertson (aged 14), and Cynthia Wesley (aged 11). The tragedy ignited worldwide anger and outrage and is widely seen as being a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
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* BlackBestFriend: A withered, frail George Wallace (governor of Alabama at the time of the bombing and at that time a passionate defender of segregation) chooses to demonstrate that he is not a racist by trotting out a black man, who appears to be a caretaker, and proclaiming the caretaker to be Wallace's best friend. The caretaker doesn't look too happy about it.
* BlatantLies: Howell Raines, then a teenaged boy growing up in Birmingham, describes seeing footage of Fred Shuttlesworth being beaten. Raines recognized one of the men beating Shuttlesworth, so he was shocked to realize that police were lying when they said they didn't know who did it.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: A member of the congregation recalls dreaming of blood streaming from the church on the morning of the bombing.
* TheKenBurnsEffect: Another stock documentary trope, used with stills documenting civil rights protests in Birmingham as well as with many photos of the murdered girls.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: ''Jesus''. Robert Chambliss is said to have enjoyed bombing. One person says that Bull Connor, the notorious racist sheriff of Birmingham, couldn't have existed without the broad support of the less overtly hostile white people of Alabama.
* StockFootage: Lots, of the civil rights protests in Birmingham, news coverage of the church bombing, and other subjects.
* TalkingHeads: Used in classic documentary style. Friends and family of the four murdered girls are interviewed at length. Creator/WalterCronkite appears briefly, musing that the bombing helped move public opinion in America in favor of civil rights.
* TitleDrop: References to the "four little girls", as well as a song called "Four Little Girls" that plays over the end credits.
* TheVoice: Spike Lee never shows his face on camera but can be occasionally heard questioning his interview subjects.
It is a documentary film about the notorious [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing 16th Street Church bombing]] in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. Four white racists planted dynamite which exploded at 10:22 am, shortly before Sunday services at the church were to begin. Killed in the explosion were four young black girls: Addie Mae Collins (aged 14), Carol [=McNair=] (aged 11), Carole Robertson (aged 14), and Cynthia Wesley (aged 11). The tragedy ignited worldwide anger and outrage and is widely seen as being a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
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!!Tropes:
* BlackBestFriend: A withered, frail George Wallace (governor of Alabama at the time of the bombing and at that time a passionate defender of segregation) chooses to demonstrate that he is not a racist by trotting out a black man, who appears to be a caretaker, and proclaiming the caretaker to be Wallace's best friend. The caretaker doesn't look too happy about it.
* BlatantLies: Howell Raines, then a teenaged boy growing up in Birmingham, describes seeing footage of Fred Shuttlesworth being beaten. Raines recognized one of the men beating Shuttlesworth, so he was shocked to realize that police were lying when they said they didn't know who did it.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: A member of the congregation recalls dreaming of blood streaming from the church on the morning of the bombing.
* TheKenBurnsEffect: Another stock documentary trope, used with stills documenting civil rights protests in Birmingham as well as with many photos of the murdered girls.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: ''Jesus''. Robert Chambliss is said to have enjoyed bombing. One person says that Bull Connor, the notorious racist sheriff of Birmingham, couldn't have existed without the broad support of the less overtly hostile white people of Alabama.
* StockFootage: Lots, of the civil rights protests in Birmingham, news coverage of the church bombing, and other subjects.
* TalkingHeads: Used in classic documentary style. Friends and family of the four murdered girls are interviewed at length. Creator/WalterCronkite appears briefly, musing that the bombing helped move public opinion in America in favor of civil rights.
* TitleDrop: References to the "four little girls", as well as a song called "Four Little Girls" that plays over the end credits.
* TheVoice: Spike Lee never shows his face on camera but can be occasionally heard questioning his interview subjects.
