Wattstax
Status:
Released
Production:
Wolper Productions
Aired:
1973-02-04
Wattstax
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.
Music
Documentary
Characters
Richard Pryor
Self
Rufus Thomas
Self
Isaac Hayes
Self
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
Kim Weston
William Bell
Albert King
Self
Eddie Floyd
Little Milton
Carla Thomas
Erik Kilpatrick
Self