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Heat Wave

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

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

Genres: History, Drama

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 100 minutes

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Cicely Tyson

Played Ruthana Richardson

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Blair Underwood

Played Bob Richardson

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Sally Kirkland

Played Mrs. Canfield

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James Earl Jones

Played Junius Johnson

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Margaret Avery

Played Roxie Turpin

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David Strathairn

Played Bill Thomas

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Glenn Plummer

Played J.T. Turpin

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Played Clifford Turpin

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Paris Vaughan

Played Lada

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Harold Pruett

Played John Riggs

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Adam Arkin

Played Art Berman

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Robert Hooks

Played Reverend Brooks

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Michael Greene

Played Mr. Canfield

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Charlie Korsmo

Played Jason (age 12)

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T.E. Russell

Played Dominique Freeman

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Stephanie Covington

Played Florence Blake

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Janice McElroy

Played Rachel Freeman

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Christopher M. Brown

Played Reggie Freeman

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Emily Yancy

Played Guidance Counselor

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Roger Grato III

Played Jason (age 6)

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Marilyn Coleman

Played Cora

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Bebe Drake

Played Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

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Mark Rolston

Played Officer Zekanis

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Randy Kirby

Played Lt. Keyes

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Pepper Sweeney

Played Spook Hunter

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