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Directors: John Singleton Actors:
Ving Rhames Jon Voight Don Cheadle Bruce McGill Loren Dean Elise Neal Michael Rooker

Rosewood 1997

140 minutes

'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.'

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

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