Rosewood
Directed by John Singleton
Starring Ving Rhames with Jon Voight and Don Cheadle
1997
Like the John Hopkins vehicle 'Amistad' this movie will make white audiences uncomfortable.
Based on a true story, Rhames plays a drifting decorated WWI vet who arrives in the Florida town of Rosewood just prior to a false rape allegation by a white woman against another black male. This triggers what could basically be characterized as a genocidal raging mob killing many of the black citizens of the small town.
Rhames plays the protector.
This move is very much underrated and underappreciated - a must see.