YWCA Race Relations Film Series presents:
Rosewood by John Singleton
Friday, May 25 at 7:30pm
Jengo's Playhouse
815 Princess Street
FREE
YWCA, Cucalorus and Jengo's Playhouse host this monthly film series focusing on race relations through the lens of the filmmaker. Each screening in the series is followed by a discussion period with members of the community. Rosewood chronicles a black town in Florida that was burned to the ground in 1923, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. This film is for them.
"I am concerned about absolute historical accuracy to an extent, but I am really more worried about being truthful to the essence of what happened at Rosewood... I am making a movie that people will respond to."
Rosewood by John Singleton
Friday, May 25 at 7:30pm
Jengo's Playhouse
815 Princess Street
FREE
YWCA, Cucalorus and Jengo's Playhouse host this monthly film series focusing on race relations through the lens of the filmmaker. Each screening in the series is followed by a discussion period with members of the community. Rosewood chronicles a black town in Florida that was burned to the ground in 1923, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. This film is for them.
"I am concerned about absolute historical accuracy to an extent, but I am really more worried about being truthful to the essence of what happened at Rosewood... I am making a movie that people will respond to."
- director John Singleton
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