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: 6.7/10 (from 16 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
Little Milton
Carla Thomas
