Rosewood

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.

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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