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Rosewood is an eye opening look at Jim Crow America. The fact that one woman could cause the amount of chaos, heartache, death, fear and racial hatred based on a lie is unbelievable. Especially considering it was done in an effort to hide the wounds from her adulterous lover. It was like the entire white community was laying in wait, poised for the first sign of any perceived mistake by a black that would allow their pent up racial hatred to erupt into retribution. It almost seems impossible that this could be based on fact.
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Rosewood is the true story of a tragic an horrifying slaughter of nearly an entire Florida town, based on the lie of one person .It truly is essential viewing, but why they chose to make it a flip-over disc is beyond me. It splits up both the movie and the special features. The movie itself is just over 2-hours and would have fit on one side of the disc, leaving the whole other side for the special features. Flipping it over in the middle of the story is just plain annoying and pulls you out of its spell. Beware.
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this movie is not for the faint at heart. it deals with hard truths in this society. it shows the double standard that faces people everyday in america. if you can't understand why some people think the way they do look at this movie with an open mind because if you don't you will be very upset. this movie makes you open your eyes and think about the truths in the world no matter how ugly it is. the story is a man had a wife that was a slut and she said that she was raped. the problem was it blame on an inocent man. the angry men in the town burn down one section of the town and force the resident to leave the town , after all that they had done to build it. one lie cause the death of many and cause a rift in the towns people. even through it was proven it was not that man , alot of people lost alot of life and property. the only redemning factor was that the people that were left became very close. i brought as a gift.Read full review
This movie was very difficult to watch, as I had to deal with the racism of that era that has barely changed today. It is history and worth watching in the hopes that these issues never arise again. Double sided disc, so make sure you flip it over.
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10 Jan 2010; Sunday; I bought this Dvd for a friend. She helped me purchase a maytag washing machine (used). She loaned me the money to buy it second-hand & I repayed her back ASAP. I sent her this Dvd as a thank you & Xmass present. I feel every high school graduate should be drafted into the US Army or the US Air Force. The military system teaches young men & women tolerance for other peoples. In the service you have to work with other recruits & members from many different countries. This teaches you that people are the same regardless of their skin color or national origins. I thank the Good Lord for giving me 20 good years, (I m a Veteran of the 1991 Gulf War )towards my retirment & penison. You can see the slowly building bond of military solidarity between these two men ( John a Navy Veteran & Ving an Army Veteran) who have both been in combat. When Ving made the statement, {there is no color when the gas & motars rounds start coming in}, it hit a personal note. My Mums great uncle a US Army Veteran, came back from France 1918 or 1919 suffering from the effects of a mustard gas attack by the German Imperial Army.!!!!!! I want to thank E-Bay for giving the American Public & the World too, a great Internet store. I find many Bargain items & save alot of money. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I refuse to shop @ Walmart!!!!!!!! Everything (except food) I need I find on E-Bay. Thank you E-Bay for excellent $$$$$$$$$ low prices also!!!!!!!! Best/Wishes Charles.Read full review