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Wattstax

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

70
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R 1973 · 1h 38m
Documentary, Music
Starring Richard Pryor · Rufus Thomas · Isaac Hayes
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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.

Theatrical
Feb 4, 1973
Theaters
3
Director
Mel Stuart
Producers
Mel Stuart, Larry Shaw, David L. Wolper
Studio
Wolper Productions, Stax Records
Keywords
race politics musical concert woodstock, new york watts riots los angeles, california
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Cast

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Richard Pryor
Self
R
Rufus Thomas
Self
I
Isaac Hayes
Self
M
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
W
William Bell
A
Albert King
Self
E
Eddie Floyd
Self
C
Carla Thomas
E
Erik Kilpatrick
Self
T
Ted Lange
Self
O
Ossie Davis
Self (uncredited)
J
Jesse Jackson
Self

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