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Heat Wave
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
Aug 13, 1990 · 1h 40m
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History
Drama
TV Movie
PLOT
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
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CAST
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
Directed by
Kevin Hooks
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Country
US
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