🎬 History, Drama, TV Movie

Heat Wave

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

⭐ 6.8/10 1990 1h 40m Dir. Kevin Hooks

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

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6.8/10 5 votes

Quick facts

Year
1990
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.8/10
Votes
5
Genre
History, Drama, TV Movie
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 History 🎭 Drama 🎭 TV Movie 🎬 Kevin Hooks 👤 Cicely Tyson 👤 Blair Underwood 👤 Sally Kirkland
los angeles, california urban setting

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Heat Wave has a runtime of 1h 40m (1 hour and 40 minutes).
Heat Wave was directed by Kevin Hooks and released in 1990.
Heat Wave is a History, Drama, TV Movie film (1990).
The cast of Heat Wave includes Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Sally Kirkland, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery.
Heat Wave has a TMDB rating of 6.8/10 based on 5 votes.

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