Film

Wattstax

1973 · 1h 38m · Music · Documentary

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

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

81

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.

Richard Pryor

Self

Rufus Thomas

Self

Isaac Hayes

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Kim Weston

William Bell

Albert King

Self

Eddie Floyd

Self

Little Milton

Carla Thomas

Erik Kilpatrick

Self

Ted Lange

Self

Ossie Davis

Self (uncredited)

Jesse Jackson

Self

• Mel StuartProducer · Director
• Larry ShawProducer
• David L. WolperExecutive Producer
• Al BellExecutive Producer
• Larry ClarkDirector of Photography
• David MyersDirector of Photography
• Roderick YoungDirector of Photography
• John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
• José Louis MignoneDirector of Photography
• Robert MarksDirector of Photography

Official 50th Anniversary TrailerOriginal Trailer

Release date

February 4, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Genres

Music, Documentary

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