Backdrop from Wattstax
Poster for Wattstax

Wattstax

1973

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

  • Mel Stuart
  • 1h 38m
  • February 4, 1973 · United States of America

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.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
February 4, 1973
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Director
Mel Stuart
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Wattstax (1973) | Kinocult