Wattstax (1973)

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Wattstax is the 1973 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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.

Updated May 9 2020

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1973-02-04

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Keywords:

los angeles black people race politics concert woodstock watts riots

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Runtime: 98 mins Rating: 7.8 Tag Line: 100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!

Cast

Isaac Hayes

Bill Bennet

Richard Pryor

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Cast

Isaac Hayes

Bill Bennet

Richard Pryor

Jack Brown

Staple Singers

The Staple Singers

Rufus Thomas

Man in Station

Kim Weston

Herself

Crew

Mel Stuart

Director

Mel Stuart

Producer

Larry Shaw

Producer

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Wattstax (1973)

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Cast

Isaac Hayes

Bill Bennet

Richard Pryor

Jack Brown

Staple Singers

The Staple Singers

Rufus Thomas

Man in Station

Kim Weston

Herself

Crew

Mel Stuart

Director

Mel Stuart

Producer

Larry Shaw

Producer

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