Synopsis
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Kevin HooksDirector
- Michael LazarouWriter
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cicely TysonRuthana Richardson
- Blair UnderwoodBob Richardson
- Sally KirklandMrs. Canfield
- James Earl JonesJunius Johnson
- Margaret AveryRoxie Turpin
- David StrathairnBill Thomas
- Glenn PlummerJ.T. Turpin
- Vondie Curtis-HallClifford Turpin
- Paris VaughanLada
- Harold PruettJohn Riggs
- Adam ArkinArt Berman
- Robert HooksReverend Brooks
Stills
Themes
los angeles, californiaurban setting