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Movie 1973

Wattstax

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

7.0/10 ★★★★☆ 98 min US

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.

Cast & Crew

Director: Mel Stuart

Cast: Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Kim Weston, William Bell, Albert King, Eddie Floyd, Little Milton, Carla Thomas, Erik Kilpatrick, Ted Lange

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