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Wattstax FULL Movie Filmed in 1972, but released in 1973 Big Respect ! I just love this time and this brilliant movie! BlessWattstax was a benefit concert...
Feb 12, 2023 · The concert documentary "Wattstax" was released 50 years ago this month. It featured Stax Records' entire roster at the time. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to James Alexander of the Bar-Kays.
Aug 22, 2022 · 50 years ago, the Wattstax concert made, and even changed, L.A. history. The Staple Singers performing at Wattstax on Aug. 20, 1972. The summer of 1972 was a decisive time for Raymond Shields. He ...
Aug 20, 2022 · The Wattstax concert was more than soul’s Woodstock, it was a snapshot of the Black-is-Beautiful movement in full bloom; an early 70s salve for the wounds caused by the struggles of the 60s and ...
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Aug 20, 2021 · From the nightclub performance by Johnnie Taylor to the church pulpit performance by The Emotions, the Wattstax movie told the human experience of being black in America through their music and insightful on- the-street interviews with everyday Watts residents, seven years after the 1965 social rebellion in Watts.
Aug 29, 2013 · back in the day truth to power movement
Jul 28, 2020 · Wattstax, the dynamic film of the 1972 Los Angeles event attended by over 100 ,000 concertgoers and first billed as the "black Woodstock," gets ya plenty. Its performances burn with vitality.
