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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.
Feb 21, 1997 · 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.
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Feb 21, 1997 · Rosewood. 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.
Jul 8, 2014 · Rosewood (1997) Official Trailer - Jon Voight, Don Cheadle Movie HD. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.67M subscribers.
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In 1923, a prosperous black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people hunted and murdered, all because a white woman falsely claimed that a black man sexually assaulted...
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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A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community. 6,113 IMDb 7.2 2 h 21 min 1997. X-Ray R. Action · Drama · Emotional · Sad. Available to rent or buy. Rent.
