The film from the late, great director is the 1997 release, ROSEWOOD. It's a historical drama.
As you know, John Singleton gave us the 1991 classic, BOYZ n the HOOD starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett followed by 1993's POETIC JUSTICE starring Janet Jackson, Regina King, Tupac Shakur and Maya Angelou. Singleton also directed. remake of SHAFT that starred Samuel L. Jackson. When he was just 24, John Singleton became the first African American filmmaker to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director thanks to his BOYZ n the HOOD.
ROSEWOOD stars Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle and Jon Voight. It was inspired by a horrible racist event in 1923 that really happened. The comfortable African American community of Rosewood was the victim of a massacre committed by a white racist mob. The town was destroyed and townspeople were killed. This disgusting crime against the Black community made news and was reported in newspapers.
Here's a segment with John Singleton talking about the film.
I want you to remember and even see John Singleton's ROSEWOOD because it's based a a real-life racist tragedy that happened in 1920s Florida.
Today, the current governor of Florida may make it hard for people to rent a DVD of ROSEWOOD if it's available in local libraries. Click on the link below to see a ROSEWOOD trailer.
Bobby; Linda Johnson here...from Tower Dorm and Marquette. If you have any interest in catching up, I'm on Facebook; leave me a message there. Great to hear some of your opinions here; hope you're well.
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