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Wattstax (1973)

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

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.

Release: 1973-02-04
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: 7 / 10
Cast
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
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Rufus Thomas
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Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
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Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
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Kim Weston
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William Bell
Albert King
Albert King
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Eddie Floyd
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Little Milton
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Carla Thomas
Erik Kilpatrick
Erik Kilpatrick
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Ted Lange
Ted Lange
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Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
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