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.

1990-08-13 100 min ★ 6.8
HistoryDramaTV Movie

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

Director Kevin Hooks

Cast

Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
David Strathairn
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
Paris Vaughan
Paris Vaughan
Lada
Harold Pruett
Harold Pruett
John Riggs
Robert Hooks
Robert Hooks
Reverend Brooks
Michael Greene
Michael Greene
Mr. Canfield
Mark Rolston
Mark Rolston
Officer Zekanis
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
Charlie Korsmo
Charlie Korsmo
Jason (age 12)
T.E. Russell
T.E. Russell
Dominique Freeman
Pepper Sweeney
Pepper Sweeney
Spook Hunter
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Margaret Avery
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
Marilyn Coleman
Marilyn Coleman
Cora
Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
Glenn Plummer
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin
Art Berman
Christopher M. Brown
Christopher M. Brown
Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy
Emily Yancy
Guidance Counselor
Bebe Drake
Bebe Drake
Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)