Wattstax
Wattstax

Wattstax

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

7.0(17 votes)
1973
1h 38m
Music
Documentary

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.

Production

Wolper Productions, Stax Records

Cast

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Self

Rufus Thomas

Rufus Thomas

Self

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Kim Weston

Kim Weston

William Bell

William Bell

Albert King

Albert King

Self

Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd

Self

Little Milton

Little Milton

Carla Thomas

Carla Thomas

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