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Heat Wave

Directed by Kevin Hooks

HistoryDramaTV 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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Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

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Michael Lazarou

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Heat Wave is about a rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

Who directed Heat Wave?

Kevin Hooks directed Heat Wave.

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