more knowledge and awareness than before having watched it. When I watch a National

Geographic documentary on exploitation of indigenous peoples, I become aware of their

situation and further understand the cruel world around me. Also, my emotions are stirred up.

With the awareness that documentaries bring, also comes the waves of emotional buildup.

This is why documentaries are most effective in grabbing an audience's attention on a subject

matter having to do with exploitation, injustice, and racism; they show the cruelty and disrespect

the victims are faced with. Four Little Girls, a documentary directed by Spike Lee, is an

example of this. He interviews those that were involved or held knowledge of the bombing at

16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. He speaks with officials and

professionals, preachers, family members and childhood friends of the four girls killed at this

incident. At the same time that these interviews are going on, there are clips from the 50's and

60's of black protesters, marches, and beatings relevant to the political and social crisis of the

singing of freedom." It was displayed that the black citizens of Birmingham would not give up.

same era from their point of view. Through intercutting photos of lynched black men wearing a

of pride in her voice when she remarks about the empty classroom.

ure shots of the girls, including their gravestones. Lee incorporates

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