Information
Release DateAugust 13, 1990
Runtime1h 40m
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
6.8
5 votesPopularity1
Heat Wave
"The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero."
Synopsis
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Cast & Crew
Director
Featured Cast
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
