Country: USA
Year: 1973
Duration: 98'
Wattstax is a sort of ìblack Woodstock,î a six-hour concert that was
held at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1972, when 100,000 people united to
commemorate the Watts revolt (1965) and celebrate the famous black music
record label, Stax. Much more than just a simple concert film,
Wattstax is the portrait of the black community seven years after
the Watts revolt. The film is brought to life by the comments of the
area residents and by observations, often irreverent, on what it means
to be black in America.
Biography
film director
Mel Stuart
Over the years, Mel Stuart has directed and produced over 150 documentaries. Some of them are Four Days in November, Wattstax and the reality series Ripley's Believe It or Not, with Jack Palance. He has also made numerous television movies like The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal and Ruby and Oswald and the feature-length film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He is now producing a series about American poetry.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Making of the President (doc., TV, 1960, 1964, 1968), D-Day (doc., TV, 1962), Four Days in November (doc., 1964), China - The Roots of Madness (doc., TV, 1966), If itís Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (Se Ë martedÏ deve essere il Belgio, 1969), Sophia: a Self Portrait (Sofia: un autoritratto, 1968), I Love My Wife (Amo mia moglie, 1970), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka e la fabbrica di cioccolato, 1971), One is a Lonely Number (Una donna in attesa di divorzio, 1972), Wattstax (doc, 1973), Love from A to Z (doc., TV, 1974), Life Goes to the Movies (doc., TV, 1976), Ruby and Oswald (TV, 1978), The Triangle Factory Fire (TV, 1979), The Chisholms (serie TV, 1979), Sophia Loren, Her Own Story (Sophia Loren, TV, 1980), The White Lions (1981), Cary Grant, a Celebration (mm, doc., TV, 1988), ´PBS American Mastersª - Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde (1996), ´PBS American Mastersª - Billy Wilder: The The Making of the President (doc., TV, 1960, 1964, 1968), D-Day (doc., TV, 1962), Four Days in November (doc., 1964), China - The Roots of Madness (doc., TV, 1966), If it's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (Se è martedì deve essere il Belgio, 1969), I Love My Wife (Amo mia moglie, 1970), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka e la fabbrica di cioccolato, 1971), One is a Lonely Number (Una donna in attesa di divorzio, 1972), Wattstax (doc, 1973), Love from A to Z (doc., TV, 1974), Life Goes to the Movies (doc., TV, 1976), Ruby and Oswald (TV, 1978), The Triangle Factory Fire (TV, 1979), The Chisholms (serie TV, 1979), Sophia Loren, Her Own Story (Sophia Loren, TV, 1980), The White Lions (1981), Cary Grant, a Celebration (mm, doc., TV, 1988), «PBS American Masters» - Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde (1996), «PBS American Masters» - Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1997), AFI's 100 Year - 100 Movies (TV, 1998), Running on the Sun (doc., 1999), BBC - A Window on the World (doc, TV, 2000), Seeing Stars with Hy Gardner (TV, 2001), «Academy of American Poets» - Anthony Hecht: The Poet's View (2001), «Academy of American Poets» - W.S. Merwin: The Poet's View (2002), Still Perfect: 20 Unforgettable Photographs (2002), «Academy of American Poets» - John Ashbery: The Poet's View (2003).
Cast
& Credits
B>Regia/Director: Mel Stuart
Fotografia/Director of photography: John Alonzo,
Montaggio/Film editor: Robert K. Lambert,
Interpreti/CAst: Raymond Allen, Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Albert King, Ted Lange, Little Milton, Richard Pryor
Produttor/Producer: Larry Shaw, Mel Stuart
Fotografia/Director of photography: John Alonzo,
Montaggio/Film editor: Robert K. Lambert,
Interpreti/CAst: Raymond Allen, Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Albert King, Ted Lange, Little Milton, Richard Pryor
Produttor/Producer: Larry Shaw, Mel Stuart