Wattstax

Wattstax

98 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 4, 1973

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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.

Wattstax

98 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 4, 1973

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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Wolper Productions, Stax Records
Original title Wattstax
Directors Mel Stuart
Writers

Cast

Richard Pryor

as Himself

Rufus Thomas

as Himself

Isaac Hayes

as Himself

Melvin Van Peebles

as Himself