Directed by:
Kevin HooksScreenplay:
Michael LazarouCinematography:
Mark IrwinComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, David Strathairn, Glenn Plummer, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Harold Pruett, Adam Arkin (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
An aspiring black journalist, Bob Richardson (Blair Underwood), works as a messenger for the Los Angeles Times. After tensions flare in Watts, violence breaks out and Richardson gets a shot at the big time, reporting on the events and demanding change in the Civil Rights Movement. (official distributor synopsis)
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