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
1h 40m
History
Drama
TV Movie

6.8TMDB(5)

Overview

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

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Filming locations
Filmed in Los Angeles
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Setting
Set in Los Angeles
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Music
Music by Thomas Newman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mark Irwin
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Details

Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Michael LazarouWriter
Status: Released
Release date: August 13, 1990
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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