Wattstax (1973)

02/04/1973 (US) • 1h 38m

Music, Documentary

100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

concert

race politics

musical

woodstock, new york

watts riots

los angeles, california

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