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Recreated sets of the towns of Rosewood and Sumner were built in Central Florida, far away from Levy County, where the events took place. The film version, written by screenwriter Gregory Poirier , created a character named Mann, who enters Rosewood as a type of reluctant Western-style hero.
Feb 21, 1997 · The movie takes place in 1923 in a town in Florida called Rosewood. During the time, there was much hatred and racism towards the African Americans. In the movie, a false claim made by a white woman starts a series of race riots that eventually leads to a great disaster.
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- Action, Drama, History
- John Singleton
- 1997-02-21
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.
Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight.
Rosewood, Florida, is a small, peaceful town with an almost entirely African-American population of middle-class homeowners, until New Year's Day 1923, when a lynch mob from a neighboring white...
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- John Singleton
- R
- Jon Voight
Mar 19, 2024 · The town of Rosewood, Florida, was once a self-sufficient, predominantly African American community. It was, in the early 1900s, a whisper of progress amidst the cacophony of America’s racial divide. Yet the relative peace and blossoming prosperity of this enclave were not to last.
Feb 21, 1997 · Play Trailer. In 1923, a black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. This film is for them.
