Uptight

Name: Uptight
Director: Jules Dassin
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1968-12-28
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne

“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.