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Heat Wave

1990 · 100 min · History · Drama · TV Movie

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.

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Creators

Kevin Hooks — Director

Top cast

Cicely Tyson portraitCicely TysonRuthana RichardsonBlair Underwood portraitBlair UnderwoodBob RichardsonSally Kirkland portraitSally KirklandMrs. CanfieldJames Earl Jones portraitJames Earl JonesJunius JohnsonMargaret Avery portraitMargaret AveryRoxie TurpinDavid Strathairn portraitDavid StrathairnBill ThomasGlenn Plummer portraitGlenn PlummerJ.T. TurpinVondie Curtis-Hall portraitVondie Curtis-HallClifford TurpinParis Vaughan portraitParis VaughanLadaHarold Pruett portraitHarold PruettJohn Riggs

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