
Release Date
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Original Release
February 4, 1973
1h 38m
Wattstax (1973)
β 7.098 min
Overview
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.
Director

Mel Stuart
Department: Directing
βPopularity: 7.1
Cast

Richard Pryor
Self
β1.6
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Rufus Thomas
Self
β1.4

Isaac Hayes
Self
β2.8

Melvin Van Peebles
Self
β0.9
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Kim Weston
Unknown
β0.4
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William Bell
Unknown
β0.4

Albert King
Self
β2.9
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Eddie Floyd
Self
β0.2
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Little Milton
Unknown
β0.2
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Carla Thomas
Unknown
β0.3
Genres
MusicDocumentary
Production Companies
Wolper ProductionsStax Records