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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.
1990 | 100m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Kevin Hooks |
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| Writer: | Michael Lazarou |
| Staring: |
| A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 13, 1990 |
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| Director: | Kevin Hooks |
| Writer: | Michael Lazarou |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | los angeles, california, urban setting |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kevin Hooks | Director |
| Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Mark Irwin | Director of Photography |
| Russell Williams II | Sound mixer |
| Jophery C. Brown | Stunt Coordinator |
| Doug Coleman | Stunts |
| Albert Aquino | Boom Operator |
| Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| George Budd | Music Editor |
| Klexius Kolby | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Lazarou | Writer |
| Richard Hoover | Production Design |
| Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
| Donna Stamps | Set Decoration |
| Robi Reed | Casting |
| Kathleen M. McKernin | Art Direction |
| Brad R. Loman | Costume Design |
| Lyn Matsuda Norton | Script Supervisor |
| Barbara Amato | Script Supervisor |
| Jane Prosnit | Production Coordinator |
| Danny Feld | Still Photographer |
| Ron Horwitz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Kevin Spears | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Sigurjón Sighvatsson | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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