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. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.
Genre: Music, Documentary
Cast: Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Kim Weston, William Bell, Albert King, Eddie Floyd, Little Milton, Carla Thomas, Erik Kilpatrick
Crew: Larry Shaw (Producer), Mel Stuart (Director), Mel Stuart (Producer), John A. Alonzo (Director of Photography), Larry Clark (Director of Photography)