Wattstax

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.

Cast

Richard Pryor

Self

R

Rufus Thomas

Self

Isaac Hayes

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

K

Kim Weston

W

William Bell

Albert King

Self

E

Eddie Floyd

Self

L

Little Milton

Carla Thomas