Rosewood - 2 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

This is a very hard film to review.On one hand it's based on a sad 1923 incident.On another its by a good "black"director,John Singletary. Still more, it has a stellar cast that I don't want to name just a few of.So why does this 1997 film task me?Well for starters its too long at 140 minutes and is very slow to start and thus boring in spots.Finally,and it may be my fault being white,but it comes off as white on black racial" porn". Too many whites making blacks suffer and the great black actors showing that suffering,to the delite of the whites who do not suffer in the film,to me,thats porn for the racial bigoted whites out there.Sure much later the black survivors received compensation from the state of florida,but THAT was 70 years later and the whites who did that deed had fun and were never punished.To me,I'm sorry,if thats not biased porn,what is?Thats why I gave it my lowest but yet,recommended 2 1/2 stars.Trailer URL follows the pix.A IMDB summary is below.See it and make your own judgement.At the very least you will know that such things did in fact happen.

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African American community.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfdBwqzXeA