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Rosewood is a
1997 film, starring
Ving Rhames as a fictional character who travels to the town of
Rosewood, Florida and becomes a witness to the
1923 Rosewood massacre. Also starring was
Don Cheadle as Sylvester, a non-fictional character who also became witness to the atrocities, and
Jon Voight, as a white store owner who inhabits a village near Rosewood. The three characters become entangled in a desperate attempt to save whomever they can from the rage of the racist whites of Rosewood. The director was
John Singleton.
Due to gore, violence, a sexual episode, and a profusive usage of racial slurs and curses, the film was given an
MPAA rating of
R. The film did better with critics
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) than any John Singleton film since
Boyz N the Hood. Despite that, the film wasn't a commercial success and was unable to earn the $30 million budget back.
The difficult subject matter (a white-led massacre of blacks) made it hard for the film to immediately gain widespread appeal.
There was, and remains, considerable debate as to how closely the film follows the actual historical account of the destruction of Rosewood and surrounding events, which isn't surprising given the debates surrounding the details of the actual massacre. In one scene Ving Rhames fights off a white mob with pistols — this never happened. The siege of the Carrier house
did happen.
Esther Rolle plays a murder victim of a white mob. This was her third to her last acting role before she died.
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