Heat Wave is a 1990 American action-thriller television film about 1965 LA Watts Riots, directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, and David Strathairn.
| Release date: | August 13, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Kevin Hooks |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jordan Kerner, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Steve Golin, Jon Avnet |
| Cinematography: | Mark Irwin |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |