John Singleton puts out some depressing movies.
I saw Rosewood in '97 and I was barely able to handle it. I just watched it again here in '18 and I'm no better able to handle it.
These types of movies show the worst side of human beings--and in this case it was white southerners. The south has a sordid past indeed and even though it pains me to watch movies regarding the sins of the south I think they are important. The truth of the matter is; I'd never heard of the events of Rosewood until I watched this movie.
No one likes to relive such travesties, not the victims or the perpetrators, but it's a story that should be told... that needs to be told. We can't bury our heads in the sand and pretend these things never happened because they actually helped shap the society we live in today. The very least we can do is learn from it, progress from it, and prevent it from ever happening again.
Rosewood is a trying movie to watch. I ask myself why am I watching it again? Because I feel it's that important to know. Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it. It's these historical events that have left legacies amongst people and if we can be honest about it then we can move forward. The perpetrators of the Rosewood massacre were hateful and ignorant on a massive scale but that hate and ignorance doesn't have to be perpetuated. It can stop, it can be ended. So, whereas I find movies like this hard to watch I can still appreciate them.
I saw Rosewood in '97 and I was barely able to handle it. I just watched it again here in '18 and I'm no better able to handle it.
These types of movies show the worst side of human beings--and in this case it was white southerners. The south has a sordid past indeed and even though it pains me to watch movies regarding the sins of the south I think they are important. The truth of the matter is; I'd never heard of the events of Rosewood until I watched this movie.
No one likes to relive such travesties, not the victims or the perpetrators, but it's a story that should be told... that needs to be told. We can't bury our heads in the sand and pretend these things never happened because they actually helped shap the society we live in today. The very least we can do is learn from it, progress from it, and prevent it from ever happening again.
Rosewood is a trying movie to watch. I ask myself why am I watching it again? Because I feel it's that important to know. Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it. It's these historical events that have left legacies amongst people and if we can be honest about it then we can move forward. The perpetrators of the Rosewood massacre were hateful and ignorant on a massive scale but that hate and ignorance doesn't have to be perpetuated. It can stop, it can be ended. So, whereas I find movies like this hard to watch I can still appreciate them.