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Wattstax

Title
Wattstax / a Stax Films/Wolper Pictures production ; directed by Mel Stuart ; produced by Larry Shaw, Mel Stuart.
Publication
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Stuart, Mel
  • Shaw, Larry (Television director)
  • Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
  • Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
  • Weston, Kim
  • Jones, A. E. (A. E. Jimmy)
  • Bell, William, 1939-
  • McCord, Louise
  • Manning, Deborah (Gospel singer)
  • Chuck D, 1960-
  • Mercury, Eric
  • Robinson, Freddy
  • Sain, Lee
  • Hines, Ernie
  • Little Sonny
  • Floyd, Eddie
  • Knight, Frederick, 1944-
  • King, Albert, 1923-1992
  • Little Milton
  • Taylor, Johnnie
  • Thomas, Carla, 1942-
  • Thomas, Rufus, 1917-2001
  • Ingram, Luther
  • Hayes, Isaac
  • Dramatics (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Staple Singers, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Rance Allen Group, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Emotions (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Newcomers (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Temprees (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Bar-Kays (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Mel & Tim, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Stax Films (Firm), production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
  • Wolper Pictures (Firm), production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
  • Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • On Aug. 20, 1972, more than 100,000 people attended a concert that came to be known as \u0027the Black Woodstock.\u0027 Wattstax documents this historic event and includes the once-lost original ending.
  • Documents the concert that came to be known as \u0027the Black Woodstock,\u0027 held on the anniversary of 1965 Watts Riot, and had 100,000 in attendance.
Uniform Title
Wattstax (Motion picture)
Alternative Title
  • What you see is what you get.
  • Oh la de da.
  • We the people.
  • Lift every voice and sing.
  • Someone greater than you and I.
  • Lying on the truth.
  • Peace be still.
  • Old time religion.
  • Son of Shaft.
  • I\u0027ll sing the blues for you.
  • Walking the backstreet.
  • Jody.
  • I may not be what you want.
  • Picking up the pieces.
  • Breakdown.
  • Funky chicken.
  • If loving you is wrong I don\u0027t want to be right.
  • Shaft.
  • Soulsville.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Soul music.
  • Gospel music.
  • Rhythm and blues music.
  • Popular music.
  • Films for the hearing impaired.
  • Concert films.
  • Documentary films.
  • Feature films.
  • Music.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
  • Special features: audio and video commentaries by rap activist/musicologist Chuck D and music historian Rob Bowman; audio commentary by director Mel Stuart, Larry Clark, Al Bell and Isaac Hayes; Rolling down a mountain: Isaac Hayes performs the original 1973 version\u0027s finale; complete Albert King performance of I\u0027ll Play the Blues For You; original 1973 and special edition 2003 trailers.
Credits (note)
  • Cinematography, Roderick Young; edited by Robert K. Lambert.
Event (note)
  • Concert performances filmed at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 20, 1972.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, region 1, matted widescreen presentation; Dolby digital, surround 5.1, stereo., dual-layer.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned.
Contents
Songs. What you see is what you get (the Dramatics) -- Oh la de da ; We the people (the Staple Singers) -- Lift every voice and sing (Kim Weston) -- Someone greater than you & I (Jimmy Jones) -- Lying on the truth (Rance Allen Group) -- Peace be still (the Emotions) -- Old time religion (William Bell, Louise McCord, Debra Manning, Eric Mercury, Freddy Robinson, Lee Sain, Ernie Hines, Little Sonny, Eddie Floyd, Frederick Knight ; Newcomers ; Temprees) -- Son of Shaft (the Bar-Kays) -- I\u0027ll sing the blues for you (Albert King) -- Walking the backstreet (Little Milton) -- Jody (Johnnie Taylor) -- I may not be what you want (Mel & Tim) -- Picking up the pieces (Carla Thomas) -- Breakdown ; Funky chicken (Rufus Thomas) -- If loving you is wrong I don\u0027t want to be right (Luther Ingram) -- Shaft ; Soulsville (Issac [sic] Hayes).
ISBN
  • 0790794594
  • 9780790794594
  • 0790784594 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
085393499723
OCLC
  • ocm56365712
  • 56365712
  • SCSB-5435949
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries