college like pigett. many saw the passing of the law as a moment of reckoning. i m glad the state of florida acknowledging that rosewood happened and decided to compensate the families. again, you can t put a price on what these people lost, the generational trauma. reporter: two generations late e jonathan barry-blocker, a deskren denlts of a rosewood survivor said his grandfather was separated from his family during the terror. some family members were never reunited again. burying his painful memories by refusing to ever speak about what happened. i didn t learn his connection about rosewood until i was 13 when the move came about. i was born and raised in rosewood. this here is my home. my father sat me down and informed me that people may ask questions in light of this movie, and i didn t know why. he said, well, your grandfather was involved in it.
families. again, you can t put a price on what these people lost, the generational trauma. reporter: two generations later, jonathan barry-blocker, a deskren accident of a rosewood survivor, says his grandfather was is up rated from his family during the terror. some family members were never reunited again, burying his painful memories by refusing to speak about whatever happened. i was born and raised in rosewood. reporter: the movie rosewood my father sat me down and said people may ask questions in light of this movie and i didn t know why. he said, well, your grandfather was involved. colored folks own all the land around here, all the
grown. reporter: the movie rosewood my father sat me down and said people may ask questions in light of this movie and i didn t know why. he said, well, your grandfather was involved. colored folks on all the land around here and all the businesses too. reporter: this movie, the first time blocker learned is what had been haunting his grandfather. it wasn t a forward recounting of events, but the gist was someone lied. someone destroyed a whole community of lives. someone caused people to lose lives violently and suffer violence. and i just thought that was unconscionable. reporter: blocker said his grandfather applied for compensation from the state but was denied because he couldn t prove he owned land in rosewood.
informed us that or informed me that people may ask questions in light of this movie. and i didn t know why. he said, well, your grandfather was involved in it. colored folks own all the land around here. all the businesses too. the 1997 movie rosewood. this movie the first time blocker learned what he says had been haunting his grandfather. it wasn t a full recounting of events, but the gist was someone lied, someone can destroy a whole community of lives. someone actually caused people to lose lives violently and suffer violence. and i just thought that was unconscionable. he said his grandfather applied for compensation from the state but was denied because he couldn t prove he owned land in rosewood. fearing death, his grandfather along with many other survivors never returned to rosewood and never reclaimed property and land. a loss back then still impacting their families today.
we would go fishing together. she would take me to the pool every day during the summer. things like that. when we were close, but we fought like siblings. sara with 16, emily just nine, and a star student. i was teachers pet. i was usually one of the top of my class. so you are always prepared? yeah, i was a suck up. [laughs] you said that, i did. it [laughs] totally was, i didn t know it then. but i was. everything was easy sailing for the girls until their parents lives went in different directions. i knew that my parents were getting divorced. i didn t know why. they never fought in front of us or anything. that s always tough. orchids that s summer, 2001, their mom jennifer was showing houses to a new client. a man named lou castro, who with his long hair and western hat, looks like a well-heeled young cowboy. he seemed really charismatic and outgoing and friendly.