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Heat Wave

1990 · 100 min

A tense, sobering plunge into a city on the edge, seen through a young reporter's eyes as hope and violence collide.

Tagline: The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
Overview: A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Race, violence, justice, power
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
violence
justice
power
identity
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild