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GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
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Cast
21 of 21
Cicely TysonRuthana Richardson
Blair UnderwoodBob Richardson
Sally KirklandMrs. Canfield
James Earl JonesJunius Johnson
Margaret AveryRoxie Turpin
David StrathairnBill Thomas
Glenn PlummerJ.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-HallClifford Turpin
Paris VaughanLada
Harold PruettJohn Riggs
Adam ArkinArt Berman
Robert HooksReverend Brooks
Michael GreeneMr. Canfield
Charlie KorsmoJason (age 12)
T.E. RussellDominique Freeman
Christopher M. BrownReggie Freeman
Emily YancyGuidance Counselor
Marilyn ColemanCora
Bebe DrakeWinnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark RolstonOfficer Zekanis
Pepper SweeneySpook Hunter
Crew
- Directed by
- Kevin Hooks
- Written by
- Michael Lazarou
- Produced by
- Robi Reed, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Jane Prosnit
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
August 13, 1990 · 1 h 40 min · History, Drama, TV Movie
- Released
- August 13, 1990
- Runtime
- 1 h 40 min
- Genres
- History, Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 1 country
Tropes
Community-Threatening Construction, The Complainer Is Always Wrong, Dirty Cop +6

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