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• Based on a true story, Rosewood is set in the town of Rosewood, Florida, whose black residents were the target of a vicious lynch mob in 1923.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release Date: February 21, 1997 (USA)
  2. Director: John Singleton
  3. Screenwriter: Gregory Poirier
  4. Producer: Tracy Barone, Jon Peters
  5. Distributor: Warner Bros.
  6. MPAA rating: R
  7. Run time: 140 minutes
  8. Awards: Nominated for four Image Awards

• Plot Summary

  After a white woman from the neighboring town of Sumner unfairly accuses a black Rosewood resident of raping her, her townspeople begin massacring the Rosewood blacks. White Rosewood store owner John Wright (Jon Voight) and a black drifter named Mann (Ving Rhames) team up to save the innocent victims.

• Cast

  • Jon Voight: John Wright
  • Ving Rhames: Mann
  • Don Cheadle: Sylvester Carrier
  • Bruce McGill: Duke Purdy
  • Loren Dean: James Taylor
  • Esther Rolle: Aunt Sarah
  • Elise Neal: Beulah (Scrappie)
  • Robert Patrick: Fanny's lover
  • Michael Rooker: Sheriff Walker
  • Catherine Kellner: Fanny Taylor
  • Akosua Busia: Jewel

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  John Singleton | History | Jon Voight | Ving Rhames | Don Cheadle | Bruce McGill | Elise Neal | Mississippi Burning

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