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Rosewood

  • 19971997
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  • 2h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
8.4K
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Rosewood (1997)
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A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.
IMDb RATING
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8.4K
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    • John Singleton
    • Gregory Poirier
  • Stars
    • Jon Voight
    • Ving Rhames
    • Don Cheadle
    • John Singleton
    • Gregory Poirier
  • Stars
    • Jon Voight
    • Ving Rhames
    • Don Cheadle
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    • 68User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Jon Voight in Rosewood (1997)
    Rosewood (1997)
    Ving Rhames and Elise Neal in Rosewood (1997)
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    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • John Wright
    Ving Rhames
    Ving Rhames
    • Mann
    Don Cheadle
    Don Cheadle
    • Sylvester Carrier
    Bruce McGill
    Bruce McGill
    • Duke Purdy
    Loren Dean
    Loren Dean
    • James Taylor
    Esther Rolle
    Esther Rolle
    • Aunt Sarah
    Elise Neal
    Elise Neal
    • Beulah (Scrappie)
    Robert Patrick
    Robert Patrick
    • Lover
    Michael Rooker
    Michael Rooker
    • Sheriff Walker
    Catherine Kellner
    Catherine Kellner
    • Fanny Taylor
    Akosua Busia
    Akosua Busia
    • Jewel
    Paul Benjamin
    Paul Benjamin
    • James Carrier
    Kevin Jackson
    Kevin Jackson
    • Sam Carter
    Mark Boone Junior
    Mark Boone Junior
    • Poly
    Muse Watson
    Muse Watson
    • Henry Andrews
    Badja Djola
    Badja Djola
    • John Bradley
    Kathryn Meisle
    Kathryn Meisle
    • Mary Wright
    Jaimz Woolvett
    Jaimz Woolvett
    • Deputy Earl
      • John Singleton
      • Gregory Poirier
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    • Trivia
      Though most of the film is based on true events, the film's main character, Mann, is mostly fiction creation. He is likely based on a report in the Chicago Defender a week after the massacre, claiming that a soldier named Ted Cole appeared and fought against the lynch mobs. The claim was never repeated, nor verified.
    • Goofs
      In the title sequence, the date is Thursday, December 31, 1922; in reality, that date was a Sunday.
    • Quotes

      Mann: There ain't enough bullets in the world for all them crackers.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Dante's Peak/SubUrbia/The Beautician and the Beast/Rosewood/The Whole Wide World (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Sylvester's Blues
      Written by Wynton Marsalis

      Produced by Delfeayo Marsalis

      Performed by Eric Reed

      Courtesy of Impulse Records

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    7/10
    Underrated, should have gotten an Oscar
    This movie has a great point to it. I saw it in American History class at school because the teacher wanted to show it to us as an impact film. This is based on a tragic time in our history that went missing for a while. A town in Florida that was inhabited mostly by African Americans was burned to the ground, and the survivors of this terrible disaster were so traumatized by it that no one new about it until the 1980's. A reporter was finding out why there was a lack of black citizens in that area of Florida, but when this reporter found out about everything, it was more than one could expect to find.

    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.

    Everything about the movie is true except for the character of Mr. Mann(played by Vingh Rames). This is a very exciting movie from the director of Boyz N The Hood, and I strongly recommend it.
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    • Release date
      • February 21, 1997 (United States)
      • United States
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Sanford, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Peters Entertainment
      • New Deal Productions
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    • 2 hours 20 minutes
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS

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