Heat Wave

Name: Heat Wave
Director: Kevin Hooks
Genre: History, Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1990-08-13
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Sally Kirkland, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery

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

HistoryDramaTV Movie

August 13, 19901h 40m6.8 / 10

Overview

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

Director

Kevin Hooks

Cast

Cicely TysonRuthana Richardson

Blair UnderwoodBob Richardson

Sally KirklandMrs. Canfield

James Earl JonesJunius Johnson

Margaret AveryRoxie Turpin

David StrathairnBill Thomas