What the hell does that mean, Ellis?

Description: A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.

Cast:
John Wright: Jon Voight
Mann: Ving Rhames
Sylvester Carrier: Don Cheadle
Duke Purdy: Bruce McGill
James Taylor: Loren Dean
Aunt Sarah: Esther Rolle
Beulah (Scrappie): Elise Neal
Lover: Robert Patrick
Sheriff Walker: Michael Rooker
Fanny Taylor: Catherine Kellner
Jewel: Akosua Busia
James Carrier: Paul Benjamin
Sam Carter: Kevin Jackson
Poly: Mark Boone Junior
Henry Andrews: Muse Watson
John Bradley: Badja Djola
Mary Wright: Kathryn Meisle
Deputy Earl: Jaimz Woolvett
Arnett: James Edward Coleman II
Emmett Purdy: Tristan Hook
Philomena: Benea Ousley
Emma: Isabell O'Connor
Gertrude: Bridgid Coulter
Minnie: Gabie Chavis
Lee Ruth: Vanessa Baden
Denny: Marcus Barrington
Timothy: Matthew Davison
William Bryce: Brett Rice
John Bryce: Ric Reitz
Big Baby: Ken Sagoes
Aaron Carrier: Phil Moore
Judge Johnson: Lowell Fenner
Preacher: Andrew 'J.R.' Tarver
Clevus: Harold G. Crawford
Bobby: Marc Macaulay
Lemuel: Clarence Thomas
Michael Wright: Blaine Farmer
Woman #1: Valerie Herald
Woman #2: Susan Gallagher
Little Ronnie: Steven Tyler
White Brother: Danny Hanemann
Blackman: Eldrid Foye
Cracker #2: Michael Galloway
Gov. Hardee: Macon McCalman
Kid's Redneck Dad: Tom Schuster
Mrs. Ellis Walker: Peggy Sheffield
Sheriff of Bronson: Steve Raulerson
Man #2: Henry Laurence
Florida Cracker: Flint Beverage
Cracker: Todd Thompson
Jimmy J.: Micah May
Man at Baptism: Matt Mitchell
Church Singer: Mindy Meriweather Morton
Young Girl at Baptism: Katie Seeley
Jason Coombs: Wesley Smith
Rosewood Townsman: Michael Wayne Thomas
Rosewood Townsperson: Kokoa Woodget Aubert

Written by: Gregory Poirier

Director: John Singleton

Production: Peters Entertainment, New Deal Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: 21 Feb 1997

Box Office: $13,130,349