# Rosewood (1997)

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**Runtime**: 142 min
**Genres**: Drama, History, Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Singleton
**Written by**: Gregory Poirier
**Starring**: Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Elise Neal

> *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.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Florida, 1923. A match flares in darkness, then a church bell tolls twice.

A white woman’s scream and a sheriff’s warrant set arson and rifles in motion. By dawn the smoldering streets show only scorched shutters, bloodied shoes, and the hush of wind through splintered porches.

Singleton reconfigures a forgotten slaughter with the slow, sickening precision of a blues ballad.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, raw

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