Wattstax (1973)
"100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!"
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.
Top Cast
Richard Pryor
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Rufus Thomas
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Isaac Hayes
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Melvin Van Peebles
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Kim Weston
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William Bell
Albert King
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Eddie Floyd
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Little Milton
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Carla Thomas
Erik Kilpatrick
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Ted Lange
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Ossie Davis
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Jesse Jackson
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