Heat Wave (1990)
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
1990 · 1h 40m · History, Drama, TV Movie
Genres: History, Drama, TV Movie
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writers: Michael Lazarou
Music by: Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
Cast
Cicely Tyson as Ruthana RichardsonBlair Underwood as Bob RichardsonSally Kirkland as Mrs. CanfieldJames Earl Jones as Junius JohnsonMargaret Avery as Roxie TurpinDavid Strathairn as Bill ThomasGlenn Plummer as J.T. TurpinVondie Curtis-Hall as Clifford TurpinParis Vaughan as LadaHarold Pruett as John RiggsAdam Arkin as Art BermanRobert Hooks as Reverend BrooksMore like this
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