Wattstax (1973)

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

6.7 February 4, 1973 1h 38m Released
MusicDocumentary

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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Cast

  • Richard Pryor

    Richard Pryor

    Self

  • Rufus Thomas

    Rufus Thomas

    Self

  • Isaac Hayes

    Isaac Hayes

    Self

  • Melvin Van Peebles

    Melvin Van Peebles

    Self

  • Kim Weston

    Kim Weston

  • William Bell

    William Bell

  • Albert King

    Albert King

    Self

  • Eddie Floyd

    Eddie Floyd

    Self

  • Little Milton

    Little Milton

  • Carla Thomas

    Carla Thomas

  • Erik Kilpatrick

    Erik Kilpatrick

    Self

  • Ted Lange

    Ted Lange

    Self

  • Ossie Davis

    Ossie Davis

    Self (uncredited)

  • Jesse Jackson

    Jesse Jackson

    Self

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