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A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Original Release
08/13/1990
US Release
08/13/1990
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cicely Tyson | Ruthana Richardson |
Blair Underwood | Bob Richardson |
James Earl Jones | Junius Johnson |
Margaret Avery | Roxie Turpin |
David Strathairn | Bill Thomas |
Glenn Plummer | J.T. Turpin |
Vondie Curtis-Hall | Clifford Turpin |
Paris Vaughan | Lada |
Harold Pruett | John Riggs |
Adam Arkin | Art Berman |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cicely Tyson | Ruthana Richardson |
Blair Underwood | Bob Richardson |
James Earl Jones | Junius Johnson |
Margaret Avery | Roxie Turpin |
David Strathairn | Bill Thomas |
Glenn Plummer | J.T. Turpin |
Vondie Curtis-Hall | Clifford Turpin |
Paris Vaughan | Lada |
Harold Pruett | John Riggs |
Adam Arkin | Art Berman |
Robert Hooks | Reverend Brooks |
Michael Greene | Mr. Canfield |
Charlie Korsmo | Jason (age 12) |
Sally Kirkland | Mrs. Canfield |
T.E. Russell | Dominique Freeman |
Stephanie Covington | Florence Blake |
Janice McElroy | Rachel Freeman |
Christopher M. Brown | Reggie Freeman |
Emily Yancy | Guidance Counselor |
Roger Grato III | Jason Canfield (age 6) / Jason (age 6) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jon Avnet | Executive Producer |
Linda Berman | Executive Producer |
Steve Golin | Executive Producer |
Jordan Kerner | Executive Producer |
Tom Mannion | Executive Producer |
Blair Gilbert | Producer |
Martin Huberty | Producer |
Lisa Lindstrom | Producer |
Matthew Loze | Producer |
Robert Bennett Steinhauer | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Won |