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

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