Title | Wattstax |
Year | 1973 |
Time | 103 mins |
Genre | Comedy; Music; Documentary; Musical |
Director | Mel Stuart |
Edition | Special Edition |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Richard 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 |
Rating | NR (Not Rated) |
Cinematography | |
Language | English |
Plot | Wattstax 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. |
Producer | Mel Stuart; Larry Shaw |
Writer | |
Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) |