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Wattstax

Wattstax

"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 DateFebruary 4, 1973
StatusReleased
Original TitleWattstax
Runtime1h 38min
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LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production CompaniesWolper ProductionsStax Records