SilverDocs | AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival

June 21 - 27, 2010

2008 Film Guide

4 LITTLE GIRLS
4 LITTLE GIRLS

On September 15, 1963, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed in a terrorist attack by white racists opposed to integration. Sunday school pupils Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley—all 14 years old—and Denise McNair, 11, were killed. In his acclaimed Academy Award-nominated film, Spike Lee turns a sharp focus on the tragedy by giving us an intimate look into the lives of the four murdered children and those who were left behind to grieve for them. More...

52 PERCENT
52 PERCENT

In ballet, ambition is irrelevant if your physical structure falls short of perfection. 52 PERCENT is a chilling observation of one Russian girl’s attempt to enter a ballet academy. The film reveals how young girls’ bodies are weighed, measured, twisted and stretched to determine if they meet an almost impossible standard. More...

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