On September 15, 1963, four members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four Black girls—Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley—between the ages of 11 and 14.
Directed by Spike Lee, this 1997 documentary tells the story of the four girls while using archival footage, home movies, and interviews with government officials and civil rights activists to weave in important historical context.