Heat Wave

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

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

1h 40m1990TMDb 6.8

HistoryDramaTV Movie

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 13 August 1990
Runtime: 1h 40m
TMDB score: 6.8 / 10 (5 votes)

Production

Director: Kevin Hooks
Writers: Michael Lazarou
Countries: United States of America

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English