Wattstax (1973)
"100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!"
Title: Wattstax
Original Title: Wattstax
Release Date: 1973-02-04
Status: Released
Rating: 7/10 (from 17 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Music, Documentary
Production Companies: Wolper Productions, Stax Records
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
Richard Pryor
Self
Rufus Thomas
Self
Isaac Hayes
Self
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
Kim Weston
William Bell
Albert King
Self
Eddie Floyd
Self
Little Milton
Carla Thomas
