Wattstax

Showings

Nightlight Cinema Sat, Feb 4, 2023 3:00 PM
Nightlight Cinema Sun, Feb 5, 2023 6:00 PM
Film Info
Release Year:1973
Genre:Music
Documentary
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Mel Stuart
Cast:Richard Pryor
Rufus Thomas
Isaac Hayes
Melvin Van Peebles
Kim Weston

Description

Wattstax is the 1973 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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.