Rosewood [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Peters Entertainment production in association with New Deal Productions ; written by Gregory Poirier ; produced by Jon Peters ; directed by John Singleton.
Based on true events from the book Like judgement day : the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood, by Michael D'Orso. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal, Robert Patrick, Michael Rooker.
Summary:
In 1923 a largely African American town in Florida was burned to the ground, many of its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people.
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