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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."
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62
Starring
Cicely Tyson
Blair Underwood
Sally Kirkland
Director
Kevin Hooks
Writer
Michael Lazarou
NR
1 hr 40 min
Aug 13th, 1990
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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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Theatrical Release:
August 13th, 1990
Original Language:
English
Executive Producers:
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
los angeles, california
urban setting
Cast & Crew
C
Cicely Tyson
as Ruthana Richardson
B
Blair Underwood
as Bob Richardson
S
Sally Kirkland
as Mrs. Canfield
J
James Earl Jones
as Junius Johnson
M
Margaret Avery
as Roxie Turpin
D
David Strathairn
as Bill Thomas
K
Klexius Kolby
Makeup Artist
K
Kevin Hooks
Director
M
Michael Lazarou
Writer
T
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
R
Richard Hoover
Production Design
M
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
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