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| Release Date: |
February 21, 1997 |
| Genre: |
Action, Drama |
| Running Time: |
140 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for violence and some sexuality. |
| Director: |
John Singleton |
| Writer: |
Gregory Poirier |
| Cast: |
Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal, Catherine Kellner, Michael Rooker |
This is a story based on an actual incident, an American tragedy that everyone involved tried to forget or deny... During the first week of January, 1923, Rosewood, a flourishing black town in central Florida, was burned to the ground by whites from the neighboring, less prosperous, town of Sumner. Fueled by a white woman's falsified story that she was assaulted and beaten by a black stranger, a mob of Sumner men declared war on their Read more
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