

Heat Wave
Visit website6.2/10 • 4
1990-08-13 • 1h 40m
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.
- Directors
- Kevin Hooks
- Writters
- Michael Lazarou
- Editors
- Michael Lazarou, Debra Neil-Fisher

Heat Wave
Visit website1990-08-13 • 1h 40m
6.2/10 • 4
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.
- Directors
- Kevin Hooks
- Writters
- Michael Lazarou
- Editors
- Michael Lazarou, Debra Neil-Fisher
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- los angeles, californiaurban setting