Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
- small town
- sheriff
- racial segregation
- based on true story
- race riot
- racism
- massacre
- period drama
- historical
- racial slur
The bill
- Loren Dean — James Taylor
- Elise Neal — Beulah (Scrappie)
- Michael Rooker — Sheriff Walker
- Robert Patrick — Lover
- Esther Rolle — Aunt Sarah
- Catherine Kellner — Fanny Taylor
- Akosua Busia — Jewel
- Mark Boone Junior — Poly
- Kevin Jackson — Sam Carter
- Paul Benjamin — James Carrier
- Muse Watson — Henry Andrews
- Directed
- John Singleton
- Written
- Gregory Poirier
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 123 ratings
- Studio
- Peters Entertainment, New Deal Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
