"The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero." 13 August 1990 Drama, History, TV Movie 100 mins
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
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Cicely Tyson as Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood as Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland as Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones as Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery as Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn as Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer as J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Clifford Turpin
Paris Vaughan as Lada
Harold Pruett as John Riggs
Adam Arkin as Art Berman
Robert Hooks as Reverend Brooks
Michael Greene as Mr. Canfield
Charlie Korsmo as Jason (age 12)
T.E. Russell as Dominique Freeman
Stephanie Covington as Florence Blake
Klexius Kolby Makeup Artist
Kevin Hooks Director
Thomas Newman Original Music Composer
Donna Stamps Set Decoration
Debra Neil-Fisher Editor
Robi Reed Casting
Kathleen M. McKernin Art Direction
Lyn Matsuda Norton Script Supervisor
Barbara Amato Script Supervisor
Mark Irwin Director of Photography
Richard Hoover Production Design
Jane Prosnit Production Coordinator
Brad R. Loman Costume Design
Michael Lazarou Writer
Albert Aquino Boom Operator
Jeffrey J. Haboush Sound Re-Recording Mixer
United States 13 August 1990
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On August 11 1965 a routine traffic stop on a hot summer night sparks years of pent-up frustration ...
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12 October 1990
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22 November 1990
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