This was a heavy movie. I had never heard about the Rosewood Massacre, but it's a heartbreaking story. Watching this, gave me similar vibes to when I watched Birth of a Nation. What I mean is, for the majority of the movie, I saw white southerners killing African Americans, and burning their property. At least in this movie, some of the African Americans survived and escaped. I thought the sheriff was going to be a good guy, but that was immediately shut down, when he joined the lynch mob. I don't care if you tried to stop some of it, you participated in it, and you can't come back from that. I liked Ving Rhames in his role. When I first saw him, I thought to myself, "is that Marsellus Wallace?," and it was! Also Don Cheadle was great. And the twist at the end, did not see that coming. Beautiful shots, a good John Williams score, and great direction from John Singleton.
Review of Rosewood
