Wattstax
Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Albert King, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Kim Weston, Melvin Van Peebles, Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas, William Bell
Synopsis:
Cast: Albert King, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Kim Weston, Melvin Van Peebles, Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas, William Bell
Synopsis:
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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.
Reviews
The New York Times
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
digitallyOBSESSED.com
Jon Danziger
Jon Danziger
The Spinning Image
Graeme Clark
Graeme Clark
The Movie Insider
Lynda Lin
Lynda Lin
The Onion A.V. Club
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
