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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.
6.9
Score
19 votes
“100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!”
Available in US
Cast
Media
Official 50th Anniversary Trailer
Original Trailer
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- Feb 4, 1973
- 1h 38m
- English
- Mel Stuart
- Released
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Wolper ProductionsStax Records
