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1990Movie1 h 40 min

68

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68

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Summary

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

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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 68GoodWatch 68
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 40 min
Shorter than most history movies, −22 min on the typical 122
typical 122100
Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1990
August 13, 1990
36 years ago
Genres
HistoryDramaTV Movie
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
24 of 26
Directing · 3
Kevin Hooks Director
Barbara Amato Script Supervisor
Lyn Matsuda Norton Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
Michael Lazarou Writer
Production · 3
Sigurjón Sighvatsson Executive Producer
Robi Reed Casting
Jane Prosnit Production Coordinator
Camera · 2
Mark Irwin Director of Photography
Danny Feld Still Photographer
Editing · 1
Debra Neil-Fisher Editor
Sound · 9
Thomas Newman Original Music Composer
Kevin Spears Supervising Sound Editor
Ron Horwitz Supervising Sound Editor
Albert Aquino Boom Operator
Michael Herbick Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 3
Richard Hoover Production Design
Donna Stamps Set Decoration
Kathleen M. McKernin Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Brad R. Loman Costume Design
Klexius Kolby Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
Jophery C. Brown Stunt Coordinator
Doug Coleman Stunts

Tropes

Community-Threatening Construction, The Complainer Is Always Wrong, Dirty Cop, Intrepid Reporter, Meaningful Name, Upper-Class TwitAll 9 tropes

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