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Wattstax
1973 6.8 (17 votes) 1h 38m
Genres
Music Documentary
Production Companies
Wolper Productions
Stax Records

Wattstax

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

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Mel Stuart

Producer: Mel Stuart, Larry Shaw

Director of Photography: Larry Clark, John A. Alonzo, Robert Marks, José Louis Mignone, Roderick Young, David Myers

Top Cast

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

Self

Rufus Thomas

Self

Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes

Self

Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Kim Weston

William Bell

Albert King
Albert King

Self

Eddie Floyd

Self

Videos

Official 50th Anniversary Trailer

Original Trailer

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