Synopsis
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Movie Information
- Director
- Kevin Hooks
- Writers
- Michael Lazarou
- Release Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Genre
- History, Drama, TV Movie
- Language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (5 votes)
Top Cast
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
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