Heat Wave (1990)
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Director: Kevin Hooks
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Cicely Tyson as Ruthana Richardson |
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Blair Underwood as Bob Richardson |
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Sally Kirkland as Mrs. Canfield |
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James Earl Jones as Junius Johnson |
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Margaret Avery as Roxie Turpin |
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David Strathairn as Bill Thomas |
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Glenn Plummer as J.T. Turpin |
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Vondie Curtis-Hall as Clifford Turpin |
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Paris Vaughan as Lada |
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Harold Pruett as John Riggs |
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Adam Arkin as Art Berman |
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Robert Hooks as Reverend Brooks |
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Michael Greene as Mr. Canfield |
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Charlie Korsmo as Jason (age 12) |
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T.E. Russell as Dominique Freeman |
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Stephanie Covington as Florence Blake |
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Janice McElroy as Rachel Freeman |
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Christopher M. Brown as Reggie Freeman |
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Emily Yancy as Guidance Counselor |
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Roger Grato III as Jason (age 6) |
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Marilyn Coleman as Cora |
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Bebe Drake as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey) |
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Mark Rolston as Officer Zekanis |
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Randy Kirby as Lt. Keyes |
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Pepper Sweeney as Spook Hunter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Klexius Kolby | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Kevin Hooks | Director |
| Production | Robi Reed | Casting |
| Art | Kathleen M. McKernin | Art Direction |
| Production | Jane Prosnit | Production Coordinator |
| Writing | Michael Lazarou | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad R. Loman | Costume Design |
| Editing | Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
| Directing | Lyn Matsuda Norton | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Russell Williams II | Sound mixer |
| Camera | Mark Irwin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Kevin Spears | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Jophery C. Brown | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Richard Hoover | Production Design |
| Art | Donna Stamps | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Barbara Amato | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ron Horwitz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | George Budd | Music Editor |
| Camera | Danny Feld | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Albert Aquino | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunts |
| Production | Sigurjón Sighvatsson | Executive Producer |