“100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!”
Wattstax
6.7
20 votes·1973
·1h 38m
·MovieMusicDocumentary
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.
Keywords
concertrace politicsmusicalwoodstock, new yorkwatts riotslos angeles, california
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
Ossie Davis
Self (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson
Self
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