Heat Wave (1990)

  • NR
  • 08/13/1990 (US)
  • History, Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 40m

The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.

Overview

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

Kevin Hooks

Director

Michael Lazarou

Writer

Cast

Cicely Tyson's headshot

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood's headshot

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland's headshot

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones's headshot

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery's headshot

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn's headshot

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer's headshot

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall's headshot

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

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