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6.2/10 • 4

1990-08-131h 40m

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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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  1. Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson

    Ruthana Richardson

  2. Blair Underwood

    Blair Underwood

    Bob Richardson

  3. Sally Kirkland

    Sally Kirkland

    Mrs. Canfield

  4. James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones

    Junius Johnson

  5. Margaret Avery

    Margaret Avery

    Roxie Turpin

  6. David Strathairn

    David Strathairn

    Bill Thomas

  7. Glenn Plummer

    Glenn Plummer

    J.T. Turpin

  8. Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Clifford Turpin

  9. Paris Vaughan

    Paris Vaughan

    Lada

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
los angeles, californiaurban setting