Rosewood (film)

Rosewood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Singleton
Written by	Gregory Poirier
Produced by	Jon Peters
Starring	Jon Voight Ving Rhames Don Cheadle Bruce McGill Loren Dean Esther Rolle Michael Rooker
Cinematography	Johnny E. Jensen
Edited by	Bruce Cannon
Music by	John Williams
Production companies	Peters Entertainment New Deal Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 21, 1997 (1997-02-21)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million[1]
Box office	$13.1 million[2]

Rosewood is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by John Singleton, inspired by the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, when a white mob killed black people and destroyed their town. In a major change, it stars Ving Rhames as an outsider who comes into Rosewood and inspires residents to self-defense, wielding his pistols in a fight. The supporting cast includes Don Cheadle as Sylvester Carrier, a resident who was a witness, defender of his family and victim of the riot; and Jon Voight as John Wright, a sympathetic white store owner who lives in Rosewood. The three characters become entangled in an attempt to save people from racist White people attacking the Black residents of Rosewood.

Despite generally favorable reviews the film was not a commercial success, and was unable to recoup its $17 million budget at the box office. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]