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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.
6.8/10 1990 4K 100 min
History • Drama • TV Movie

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

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Top Cast
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
Paris Vaughan
Paris Vaughan
Lada
Harold Pruett
Harold Pruett
John Riggs