Adam Arkin, Blair Underwood, Christopher M. Brown

Set in the Watts section of Los Angeles in the summer of 1965, this tense account of racial tensions boiling over boasts a sterling cast, including Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones and ...( read more  read more... )David Strathairn. Based on true events, the film chronicles a week of rioting -- triggered by a minor traffic arrest of a black man by two white police officers -- as seen through the eyes of a rookie &NFi;Los Angeles Times&NFi_; reporter (Underwood).

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Directed by: Kevin Hooks

Release Date: December 31, 1990

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