Name: Wattstax
Genre: documentary, music
Released: 1973
Duration: 98
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Kim Weston

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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Mel Stuart
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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
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Albert King
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Eddie Floyd
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Little Milton
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Carla Thomas
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Erik Kilpatrick
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Ted Lange
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Ossie Davis
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Jesse Jackson

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