Wattstax
100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!
1973 | 98m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Mel Stuart |
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| Writer: | |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 04, 1973 |
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| Director: | Mel Stuart |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Music, Documentary |
| Keywords | race politics, musical, concert, woodstock, new york, watts riots, los angeles, california |
| Production Companies | Wolper Productions, Stax Records |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Marks | Director of Photography |
| José Louis Mignone | Director of Photography |
| Roderick Young | Director of Photography |
| David E. Blewitt | Editor |
| Robert K. Lambert | Editor |
| David Newhouse | Editor |
| John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Mel Stuart | Director |
| Larry Clark | Director of Photography |
| David Myers | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Larry Shaw | Producer |
| Al Bell | Executive Producer |
| Mel Stuart | Producer |
| David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
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