Sins of the Father (2002)

Directed by

Robert Dornhelm

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about the 1963 bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four young African-American girls. It focuses on the event and the aftermath for the families and community.

sombertensehistoricalreflectivedisturbinggroundedpoignantsobering

What happens

Sins of the Father is a 2002 American crime drama television film directed by Robert Dornhelm and written by John Pielmeier. It is based on an article by Pamela Colloff published in the April 2000 issue of Texas Monthly, chronicling the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four young African-American girls were killed while attending Sunday school. The victims were Addie Mae Collins, 14 yrs old; Denise McNair, 11 yrs old; Carole Robertson, 14 yrs old; and Cynthia Welsley, 14 yrs old. It was believed that there were 5 girls together in the church basement on that fateful day, but only one survived: young Sarah Collins, Addie Mae's younger sister. The bombing was racially motivated and carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The film was first aired on January 6, 2002 on FX. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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