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Wattstax (1973)

Name: Wattstax
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 1973
Duration: 98 min

Directed by Mel Stuart

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

Music, Documentary · 1h 38m

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.

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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

Erik Kilpatrick Self

Ted Lange Self

Crew

Director: Mel Stuart
Director of Photography: Larry Clark, John A. Alonzo, Robert Marks, José Louis Mignone, Roderick Young, David Myers
Editor: David Newhouse, David E. Blewitt, Robert K. Lambert
Producer: Mel Stuart, Larry Shaw

Details

Release date: 1973-02-04
Runtime: 1h 38m
Genres: Music, Documentary
Original language: EN
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Wolper Productions, Stax Records