Heat Wave

Heat Wave

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

1990 1h 40mDir. Kevin Hooks
6.2/ 10
HistoryDramaTV Movie

Overview

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 & Crew

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan

Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Michael Greene

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

T.E. Russell

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

S

Stephanie Covington

Florence Blake

J

Janice McElroy

Rachel Freeman

Christopher M. Brown

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

R

Roger Grato III

Jason (age 6)

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