Wattstax
Wattstax

Information

Release DateFebruary 4, 1973
Runtime1h 38m
StatusReleased
ProductionWolper Productions, Stax Records
LanguagesEnglish
7.0
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Wattstax

"100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!"

Synopsis

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current-day Watts neighborhood.

Cast & Crew

Director

Mel Stuart
Mel Stuart

Featured Cast

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Self

Rufus Thomas

Self

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Kim Weston

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