Heat Wave (1990)
6.2|13 Aug, 1990|100 min
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
6.2|13 Aug, 1990|100 min
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A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Keywords
los angeles, california
urban setting
Casts
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
Paris Vaughan
Lada
Harold Pruett
John Riggs
Adam Arkin
Art Berman
Robert Hooks
Reverend Brooks
Michael Greene
Mr. Canfield
Charlie Korsmo
Jason (age 12)
T.E. Russell
Dominique Freeman
Stephanie Covington
Florence Blake
Janice McElroy
Rachel Freeman
Christopher M. Brown
Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy
Guidance Counselor
Roger Grato III
Jason (age 6)
Marilyn Coleman
Cora
Bebe Drake
Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark Rolston
Officer Zekanis
Randy Kirby
Lt. Keyes
Pepper Sweeney
Spook Hunter
Crews
Klexius Kolby
Makeup Artist
Kevin Hooks
Director
Robi Reed
Casting
Kathleen M. McKernin
Art Direction
Jane Prosnit
Production Coordinator
Michael Lazarou
Writer
Brad R. Loman
Costume Design
Debra Neil-Fisher
Editor
Lyn Matsuda Norton
Script Supervisor
Russell Williams II
Sound mixer
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Kevin Spears
Supervising Sound Editor
Jophery C. Brown
Stunt Coordinator
Richard Hoover
Production Design
Donna Stamps
Set Decoration
Barbara Amato
Script Supervisor
Michael Herbick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Ron Horwitz
Supervising Sound Editor
George Budd
Music Editor
Danny Feld
Still Photographer
Jeffrey J. Haboush
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Albert Aquino
Boom Operator
Doug Coleman
Stunts
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Executive Producer
Backdrops & Posters
