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Wattstax

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

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Additional authors
  1. Stuart, Mel
  2. Shaw, Larry (Television director)
  3. Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
  4. Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
  5. Weston, Kim
  6. Jones, A. E. (A. E. Jimmy)
  7. Bell, William, 1939-
  8. McCord, Louise
  9. Manning, Deborah (Gospel singer)
  10. Chuck D, 1960-
  11. Mercury, Eric
  12. Robinson, Freddy
  13. Sain, Lee
  14. Hines, Ernie
  15. Little Sonny
  16. Floyd, Eddie
  17. Knight, Frederick, 1944-
  18. King, Albert, 1923-1992
  19. Little Milton
  20. Taylor, Johnnie
  21. Thomas, Carla, 1942-
  22. Thomas, Rufus, 1917-2001
  23. Ingram, Luther
  24. Hayes, Isaac
  25. Dramatics (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  26. Staple Singers, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  27. Rance Allen Group, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  28. Emotions (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  29. Newcomers (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  30. Temprees (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  31. Bar-Kays (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  32. Mel & Tim, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  33. Stax Films (Firm), production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
  34. Wolper Pictures (Firm), production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
  35. Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. Wattstax (Motion picture)
Alternative title
  1. What you see is what you get.
  2. Oh la de da.
  3. We the people.
  4. Lift every voice and sing.
  5. Someone greater than you and I.
  6. Lying on the truth.
  7. Peace be still.
  8. Old time religion.
  9. Son of Shaft.
  10. I\u0027ll sing the blues for you.
  11. Walking the backstreet.
  12. Jody.
  13. I may not be what you want.
  14. Picking up the pieces.
  15. Breakdown.
  16. Funky chicken.
  17. If loving you is wrong I don\u0027t want to be right.
  18. Shaft.
  19. Soulsville.
Subject
  1. Wattstax Concert (1972 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
  2. 1965
  3. African Americans > Music
  4. African American musicians
  5. Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965 > Anniversaries, etc
  6. African Americans
  7. Anniversaries
  8. Blues
  9. Schwarze
  10. Konzert
  11. Veranstaltung
  12. California > Los Angeles
  13. Los Angeles- Watts
Genre/Form
  1. Soul music.
  2. Gospel music.
  3. Rhythm and blues music.
  4. Popular music.
  5. Films for the hearing impaired.
  6. Concert films.
  7. Documentary films.
  8. Feature films.
  9. Music.
  10. Nonfiction films.
Contents
  1. 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).
Note
  1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
  2. 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)
  1. Cinematography, Roderick Young; edited by Robert K. Lambert.
Event (note)
  1. Concert performances filmed at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 20, 1972.
System details (note)
  1. DVD, region 1, matted widescreen presentation; Dolby digital, surround 5.1, stereo., dual-layer.
Language (note)
  1. Closed-captioned.