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Wattstax is a american film of genre Musical theatre directed by Mel Stuart released in USA on 4 february 1973 with Richard Pryor

Wattstax (1973)

Wattstax
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Released in USA 4 february 1973
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Musical theatre,    Documentary,    Musical
Rating76% 3.8348753.8348753.8348753.8348753.834875

Wattstax is a 1973 concert film directed by Mel Stuart documenting the Watts Summer Festival. Organized by Stax Records, the concert took place on 20 August 1972 at the Los Angeles Colliseum and featured prominent Stax Records recording artists. The concert was a show of support for Watts, a predominantly African-American community of Los Angeles that had been been ravaged by rioting in 1965. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 1974. Stax released a double LP of concert highlights entitled Wattstax: The Living Word in 1972.

Synopsis

Le Woodstock noir, concert d'anthologie donné en août 1972 au Watts Stadium de Los Angeles à la mémoire des émeutes noires de 1965 avec Isaac Hayes, Albert Kint, the Barkays, Little Milton, Rufus Thomas.

Actors

Richard Pryor

(Self)Melvin Van Peebles

(Self)Isaac Hayes

(Self)Ted Lange
Erik Kilpatrick

(Self)
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