Heat Wave

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

6.2
19901h 40m

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

Cast

Photo of Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Photo of Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Photo of Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

Photo of James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Photo of Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

Photo of David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Photo of Glenn Plummer

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Photo of Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Photo of Harold Pruett

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Photo of Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Photo of Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Photo of Michael Greene

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

Photo of Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

Photo of T.E. Russell

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

Photo of Christopher M. Brown

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Photo of Emily Yancy

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

Photo of Bebe Drake

Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Photo of Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

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