Rosewood (DVD)

In 1982 a reporter visiting Levy County in Florida noticed a lack of black residents. So he asked questions and a long-ago tragedy came to light. John Singleton directs Jon Voight and Ving Rhames in this powerful true drama. It is January 1, 1923 in Rosewood, but in this largely black town built on family, faith and hard work, hopes for the new year abruptly end. In a few harrowing nights, a white mob razes Rosewood into oblivion. As the rampage gains cataclysmic force, a heroic World War I veteran (Rhames) and a shopkeeper (Voight) join forces. Dozens of terrified women and children have fled into nearby swamps. Somehow they must be led to safety.

Starring: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Kevin LaMont Jackson, Kevin Jackson, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal, Michael Rooker, Catherine Kellner, Akosua Busia, Paul Benjamin, Mark Boone Jr., Muse Watson, Badja Djola, Kathryn Meisle, Jaimz Woolvett, Isabell Monk, Brett Rice, Ric Reitz, Ken Sagoes, Marc Macaulay, Clarence Thomas, Steven Tyler, Macon McCalman, Tom Schuster, Peggy Sheffield, Steve Raulerson

Director: Jon Peters

Rating: R