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