[Peace] (no subject)

[Alfred Kagan]

Free to UI students, faculty, and staff with ID
				(show ID at box office)

The News-Gazette Brown v Board Film Series

presents

ROSEWOOD
With an introduction to the film by UIUC professor Sundiata Cha-Jua

***
Starring Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Esther Rolle and 
Michael Rooker. Directed by John Singleton. Written by Gregory 
Poirier. Produced by Jon Peters. A Warner release. Drama. Rated R for 
violence and some sexuality. Running time: 140 min.
Rosewood examines an appalling slice of American history, an actual 
incident everyone would rather forget or deny. In his fourth film, 
Singleton ("Higher Learning") tells the story of Rosewood, a 
flourishing black town in central Florida, which in 1923 was burned 
to the ground by whites in a neighboring town. Fueled by a white 
woman's fabricated story that she was raped by a black stranger, a 
mob declares war on an unsuspecting community.
    The film's story is so powerful that the whole proves nothing less 
than engrossing. Comparisons to today's society can't help but be 
made while watching "Rosewood"; although moviegoers might wish to 
leave the theatre thinking we are living in a better time, they might 
not be able to. This New Regency production is a rallying cry, 
calling attention to the unthinkable acts of which people are 
capable, and it should not be forgotten.  (Adapted from a review by 
Jose Martinez)
Sunday, November 16	 2 p.m.
Champaign's Historic Virginia Theatre
203 W. Park Avenue
Champaign







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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
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