Heat Wave (1990) — The RatistHeat Wave
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
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A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
StatusReleased
Release Date1990-08-13
DirectorKevin Hooks
ScreenplayMichael Lazarou
MusicThomas Newman