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Wattstax
Running Time: 102 min.
MPAA Rating: R
Produced By: / Columbia Pictures / Stax Film / Wolper Pictures

Summary:
This is a filmed documentary of a black music festival held on August 20, 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, sponsored by Stax Records and Schlitz Beer. The L.A./Watts riots demonstrated the community's urgent needs to the black show-business communit... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Bar-Kays Isaac Hayes Albert King Roebuck "Pops" Staples (Himself) All Cast & Crew >> Review: The 1972 Wattstax festival was the biggest soul concert ever, and it follows that the film of the same name is one of the most notable documents of soul music. It includes performances (usually very good ones) by some big and not-so-big names of the ... Continue >>

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