Uptight (1968)

Name: Uptight
Released: 1968-12-28
Rating: 6.60

1968-12-28 · 104 min · Rating 6.60/10 (16 votes)

A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode.

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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Keywords

1960s african american community based on novel or book betrayal betrayal by friend black militant black power blaxploitation cinema civil rights movement cleveland, ohio death of best friend drunkard martin luther king assassination modern day adaptation monetary reward police informant revenge killing reward