Filmmakers
Above the lineSL
Director
Spike Lee
SL
Screenplay
Spike Lee
Writer
EK
Cinematography
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
SP
Editing
Sam Pollard
Editor
TB
Music
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer
Cast
59MM
Maxine McNair
Self - Mother of Denise McNair
CM
Chris McNair
Self - Father of Denise McNair
HP
Helen Pegues
Self - Denise's Aunt
QN
Queen Nunn
Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair
AJ
Arthur Hanes Jr.
Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
HR
Howell Raines
Self - New York Times Editor
HM
Harold McNair
Self - Denise's Uncle
CS
Carole C. Smitherman
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
WR
Wamo Reed Robertson
Self - Carole's Aunt
DB
Dianne Braddock
Self - Carole's Sister
CB
Carolyn Lee Brown
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
AR
Alpha Robertson
Self - Mother of Carole Robertson
WW
Wyatt Tee Walker
Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC
FS
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
FT
Florence Terrell
Self - School Teacher
GW
Gwendolyn White
Self - School Teacher
DL
Doris Lockhart
Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley
GC
Gerald Colbert
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor
FI
Freeman Hrabowski III
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
SK
Shirley Wesley King
Self - Cynthia's Sister
CM
Carolyn M. McKinstry
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
DV
David J. Vann
Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham
BB
Bill Baxley
Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama
AB
Albert Boutwell
Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)
AY
Andrew Young
Self - SCLC
TB
Taylor Branch
Self - Author
NW
Nadean S. Williams
Self - Music Teacher
JG
Janie Gaines
Self - Addie Mae's Sister
RT
Rhonda Nunn Thomas
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
JB
James Bevel
Self - SCLC
TW
Tommy Wrenn
Self - SCLC
GW
George Wallace
Self
NK
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Former US Attorney General
BH
Billie Harris
Self - Funeral Home Director
RP
Ricky Powell
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
LB
Lillie Brown
Self - SCLC
OD
Ossie Davis
Self - Actor and Playwright
MJ
Mahalia Jackson
Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)
BN
Barbara Nunn
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
JC
John Cross
Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church
BC
Barbara Cross
Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross
MM
Morris Marshall
Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member
JC
Junie Collins
Self - Addie Mae's Sister
DN
Diane Nash
Self - SCLC
FD
Faye Davis
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
CK
Coretta Scott King
Self
WC
Walter Cronkite
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
BC
Bill Cosby
Self - Educator
JJ
Jesse Jackson
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
RW
Reggie White
Self - Green Bay Packers
RA
Ralph Abernathy
Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
DB
David Brinkley
Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
AC
Addie Mae Collins
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
JF
James Farmer
Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
MJ
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
SL
Spike Lee
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
DM
Denise McNair
Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)
CW
Cynthia Wesley
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
CR
Carole Rosamond Robertson
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Departments
7Production
- Michele FormanAssociate Producer
- Sheila NevinsExecutive Producer
- Daphne McWilliamsLine Producer
- Spike LeeProducer
- Sam PollardProducer
Art
- Randall BalsmeyerTitle Designer
Lighting
- Carl JohnsonGaffer