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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.

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

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MOVIE STATUSReleased

Starring Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Sally Kirkland

Released
Aug 13, 1990
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Runtime
100 min
Countries
United States of America
Languages
English

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