Review on Rosewood (1997)
Review
Rosewood (1997)
The film tells the story of a small town in Florida named Rosewood, where a black community lives. In four days, this community is repressed and ends up getting killed by the white people from a neighboring town. It begins with a false accusation by a white woman who is hit by her lover and lies to everyone saying that it was a black guy, so that her husband won't find out about her affair. That is when the war begins. The racism in the film is shown from the beginning to the end of it. It's something taught from generation to generation, as we can see in the scene where the father of Everett, a white young boy, ask for people to make way for his son to look in a grave full of dead bodies of African Americans, as if he had to be proud of it. The father keeps trying to teach the little boy how to hate and how to mistreat black people, as we see in the part where he teaches his son to tie a hangman's knot and when he forbids the kid to play with his little friend, who is black. If the racism shown in the movie had an origin, it could be the jealousy the white people had of the things the black families owned. In Rosewood, they would run their own business and live in peace, not only with each other but also with some of the white people who also lived there, such as Mr. Wright, the white grocer, who seemed to like his neighbors. At one point of the movie, a black traveler arrives in town on a horse, and he is considered a key element to the story. Mr. Mann is rich, and bids at the auction by Mr. Wright, who owns lots of land. At the same time, the population hears something about a black guy who had just escaped prison, so they start wondering if Mr. Mann is the refugee. He could also be the man who is known to be the one that violated the white woman. The main scene of the movie shows the part where the white woman is beaten by her lover. She tells everyone she was violated by a black guy who would have invaded her house. And she
Rosewood (1997)
The film tells the story of a small town in Florida named Rosewood, where a black community lives. In four days, this community is repressed and ends up getting killed by the white people from a neighboring town. It begins with a false accusation by a white woman who is hit by her lover and lies to everyone saying that it was a black guy, so that her husband won't find out about her affair. That is when the war begins. The racism in the film is shown from the beginning to the end of it. It's something taught from generation to generation, as we can see in the scene where the father of Everett, a white young boy, ask for people to make way for his son to look in a grave full of dead bodies of African Americans, as if he had to be proud of it. The father keeps trying to teach the little boy how to hate and how to mistreat black people, as we see in the part where he teaches his son to tie a hangman's knot and when he forbids the kid to play with his little friend, who is black. If the racism shown in the movie had an origin, it could be the jealousy the white people had of the things the black families owned. In Rosewood, they would run their own business and live in peace, not only with each other but also with some of the white people who also lived there, such as Mr. Wright, the white grocer, who seemed to like his neighbors. At one point of the movie, a black traveler arrives in town on a horse, and he is considered a key element to the story. Mr. Mann is rich, and bids at the auction by Mr. Wright, who owns lots of land. At the same time, the population hears something about a black guy who had just escaped prison, so they start wondering if Mr. Mann is the refugee. He could also be the man who is known to be the one that violated the white woman. The main scene of the movie shows the part where the white woman is beaten by her lover. She tells everyone she was violated by a black guy who would have invaded her house. And she