Wattstax
Wattstax

Wattstax

7.0
February 4, 1973
1h 38m

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

Overview

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.

Director

Mel Stuart

Cast

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Self

Rufus Thomas

Self

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Kim Weston