Wattstax

Wattstax

Released on
Music, Documentary
Runtime
98 mins
(15 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Richard Pryor
  • Rufus Thomas
  • Isaac Hayes
  • Melvin Van Peebles
  • Kim Weston
  • William Bell
  • Albert King
  • Eddie Floyd
  • Little Milton
  • Carla Thomas
  • Erik Kilpatrick

Director

  • Mel Stuart

Producers

  • Mel Stuart
  • Larry Shaw

Screenwriter

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