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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.

On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine

Genres: Documentary

Starring: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair

Released: July 9, 1997

Runtime: 102.0

Popularity Rating: 0.639

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

United States of America

Herself - Mother of Denise McNair Maxine McNair
Himself - Father of Denise McNair Chris McNair
Herself - Denise's Aunt Helen Pegues
Herself - Neighbor of Denise McNair Queen Nunn
Himself - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss Arthur Hanes Jr.
Himself - New York Times Editor Howell Raines
Himself - Denise's Uncle Harold McNair
Herself - Denise's Childhood Friend Carole C. Smitherman
Herself - Carole's Aunt Wamo Reed Robertson
Herself - Carole's Sister Dianne Braddock
Herself - Carole's Childhood Friend Carolyn Lee Brown
Herself - Mother of Carole Robertson Alpha Robertson
Himself - Former Executive Director of SCLC Wyatt Tee Walker
Himself - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Herself - School Teacher Florence Terrell
Herself - School Teacher Gwendolyn White
Herself - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley Doris Lockhart
Himself - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor Gerald Colbert
Himself - Cynthia's Childhood Friend Freeman Hrabowski III
Herself - Cynthia's Sister Shirley Wesley King
Herself - Cynthia's Childhood Friend Carolyn M. McKinstry
Himself - Former Mayor of Birmingham David J. Vann
Himself - Former Attorney General of Alabama Bill Baxley
Himself - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage) Albert Boutwell
Himself - SCLC Andrew Young
Himself - Author Taylor Branch
Herself - Music Teacher Nadean S. Williams
Herself - Addie Mae's Sister Janie Gaines
Herself - Denise's Childhood Friend Rhonda Nunn Thomas
Himself - SCLC James Bevel
Himself - SCLC Tommy Wrenn
Himself George Wallace
Himself - Former US Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach
Herself - Funeral Home Director Billie Harris
Himself - Denise's Childhood Friend Ricky Powell
Herself - SCLC Lillie Brown
Himself - Actor and Playwright Ossie Davis
Herself - During March on Washington (archive footage) Mahalia Jackson
Herself - Denise's Childhood Friend Barbara Nunn
Himself - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church John Cross
Herself - Daughter of Reverend Cross Barbara Cross
Himself - 16th Street Baptist Church Member Morris Marshall
Herself - Addie Mae's Sister Junie Collins
Herself - SCLC Diane Nash
Herself - Carole's Childhood Friend Faye Davis
Herself Coretta Scott King
Himself - Special Correspondent CBS News Walter Cronkite
Himself - Educator Bill Cosby
Himself - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition Jesse Jackson
Himself - Green Bay Packers Reggie White
Himself - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited) Ralph Abernathy
Himself - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited) David Brinkley
Herself (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited) Addie Mae Collins
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) Eugene 'Bull' Connor
Himself - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited) James Farmer
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) Martin Luther King
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) Spike Lee
Herself (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited) Denise McNair
Herself (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited) Cynthia Wesley

Camera — Director of Photography: Ellen Kuras
Directing — Director: Spike Lee
Production — Producer: Spike Lee
Sound — Music: Terence Blanchard