Uptight 1968 POSTER

Uptight

7.3

80%

based on novel or book

blaxploitation cinema

martin luther king

modern day adaptation

Jules Dassin

Jules Dassin Director

Bill Walker

Bill Walker as Bartender

Janet MacLachlan

Janet MacLachlan as Jeannie

Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore as Mama Wells

Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson as Self

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

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