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Wattstax

Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.

Director

Mel Stuart

Year

Genre

documentary, comedy, music

Box Office

$16,000

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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The Staple Singers

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Themselves

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Deborah Manning Thomas

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Themselves

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Frederick Knight

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James Alexander

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Self - Luther Ingram

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Erik Kilpatrick

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Self - The Bar-Kays

Self - The Dramatics

Dancing guy

Self - The Temprees

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Self - The Dramatics

Self - The Bar-Kays

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Self - The Dramatics

Dancing Woman in Red Polka Dress

Self - The Bar-Kays

Harvey Joe Henderson

Self - The Dramatics

Self - The Emotions

Jeanette Hutchinson

Self - The Emotions

Sheila Hutchinson

Self - The Emotions

Wanda Hutchinson

Self - The Temprees

Jasper Phillips

Self - musician

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Jackie Robinson

Self - The Temprees

Self - The Staple Singers

Cleotha Staples

Self - The Staple Singers

Self - The Staple Singers

Self - The Staple Singers

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Self - The Staple Singers

Self - The Bar-Kays

Winston Allen Stewart

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Self - The Dramatics

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As the first Black Queen
of Miss Watts at the Watts Festival... - Wattstax

As the first Black Queen of Miss Watts at the Watts Festival...

So I'm happy tonight.
I'm not worried about anything. - Wattstax

So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anythi...

You all feel it over here? - Wattstax

You all feel it over here?

Just wait a minute. - Wattstax

Just wait a minute.

All the girls that know Jody,
let me see you wave your hand. - Wattstax

All the girls that know Jody, let me see you wave your hand.

-Can I ask you something?
-Yeah! - Wattstax

-Can I ask you something? -Yeah!

Fellas! Thank you. - Wattstax

Fellas! Thank you.

You all ready? - Wattstax

You all ready? - Wattstax

Now, wait a minute. - Wattstax

Now, wait a minute.

Yeah, that's a brother, all right,
but I'll be damned if he's my brother. - Wattstax

Yeah, that's a brother, all right, but I'll be dam...

Somebody told him he's cute
and he want to try to show it off out there. - Wattstax

Somebody told him he's cute and he want to try to show ...

See, the good part about it... - Wattstax

See, the good part about it...

And that's what you call our black brother.
Now you all get him off. - Wattstax

And that's what you call our black brother. Now you all...

Here he comes. - Wattstax

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Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Mel Stuart

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, comedy, music

Year: 1973

MetaScore: 81/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $16,000

Released: 16 Sep 1973

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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