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Rosewood: Directed by John Singleton. With Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill. A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.
- (9K)
- Action, Drama, History
- John Singleton
- 1997-02-21
Rosewood is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by John Singleton, inspired by the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, when a white mob killed black people and destroyed their town. In a major change, it stars Ving Rhames as an outsider who comes into Rosewood and inspires residents to self-defense, wielding his pistols in a fight.
In 1923, a prosperous black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people hunted and murdered, all because a white woman f...
A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community. 6,157. IMDb 7.2 2 h 21 min 1997 X-Ray R. Action • Drama • Emotional • Sad. Rent.
Directed by: John Singleton. In this film inspired by true events, a mob attacks the Black residents of Rosewood, Florida after a false accusation incites racist violence.
- John Singleton
- January 1, 1997
- Jon Voight
Feb 21, 1997 · John Singleton’s “Rosewood” re-creates the story of a shameful event in American history, the race riot by whites against blacks in 1922 in the small Florida town of Rosewood, which left the town in smoking ruin while dozens of its residents were shot, burned to death or lynched.
Among the carnage, music teacher Sylvester (Don Cheadle) and mysterious stranger Mann (Ving Rhames) stand tall against the invaders, while white grocer John (Jon Voight)...
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- History, Drama
- R
