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Wattstax (1973)

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

7.0/10 1h 38m Feb 04, 1973
Music Documentary

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Wattstax
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Self
Popularity: 2.4
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Rufus Thomas
Self
Popularity: 1.9
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Self
Popularity: 2.1
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
Popularity: 1.6
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Kim Weston
Popularity: 0.2
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William Bell
Popularity: 0.4
Albert King
Albert King
Self
Popularity: 1.2
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Eddie Floyd
Self
Popularity: 0.3
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Little Milton
Popularity: 0.1
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Carla Thomas
Popularity: 0.4
Erik Kilpatrick
Erik Kilpatrick
Self
Popularity: 1.7
Ted Lange
Ted Lange
Self
Popularity: 2.7

Key Crew

Director Mel Stuart
Producer Mel Stuart, Larry Shaw
Executive Producer Al Bell, David L. Wolper
Editor David Newhouse, David E. Blewitt, Robert K. Lambert

Production

Wolper Productions
Stax Records

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Keywords

concert race politics musical woodstock, new york watts riots los angeles, california

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Rating
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Based on 17 votes

Details
Release Date February 4, 1973
Runtime 1h 38m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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