los angeles, california,urban setting

Heat Wave (1990)

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

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

Cast & Crew

Director
Kevin Hooks
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    Ruthana Richardson Cicely Tyson
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    Bob Richardson Blair Underwood
  • Profile picture of Sally Kirkland
    Mrs. Canfield Sally Kirkland
  • Profile picture of James Earl Jones
    Junius Johnson James Earl Jones
  • Profile picture of Margaret Avery
    Roxie Turpin Margaret Avery
  • Profile picture of David Strathairn
    Bill Thomas David Strathairn
  • Profile picture of Glenn Plummer
    J.T. Turpin Glenn Plummer
  • Profile picture of Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Clifford Turpin Vondie Curtis-Hall

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Keywords

  • los angeles, california
  • urban setting