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Wattstax
TitleWattstax
Year1973
Time103 mins
GenreComedy; Music; Documentary; Musical
DirectorMel Stuart
EditionSpecial Edition
FormatDVD
ActorRichard Pryor as Himself; Mel Stuart; Larry Shaw; Isaac Hayes as Himself; The Emotions as Themselves; Staple Singers; Carla Thomas as Herself; Albert King as Himself; Rufus Thomas as Himself; Luther Ingram as Himself; Johnnie Taylor as Himself; James Alexander as Himself; Rance Allen as Himself; Raymond Allen as Himself; The Bar Kays as Themselves
RatingNR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
LanguageEnglish
PlotWattstax is the 1973 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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.
ProducerMel Stuart; Larry Shaw
Writer
SubtitlesEnglish (Closed Captioned)
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