Film Synopsis:
The legendary "black Woodstock" finally gets its due when a newly restored and digitally remixed "Wattstax," Mel Stuart's documentary of the epochal 1972 concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, receives its first-ever national broadcast.
Featuring incendiary performances by Isaac Hayes, Albert King, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, the Emotions, the Bar-Kays, and other greats of soul, R&B, and gospel-- plus biting humor from a then little-known Richard Pryor-- Wattstax is more than a concert film. It also captures a heady moment in mid-1970s, "black-is-beautiful" African-American culture, when Los Angeles's black community came together just seven years after the Watts riots to celebrate its survival and a renewed hope in its future.
P.O.V.'s broadcast of "Wattstax" includes performances cut for legal reasons from the film's original 1973 release-- Isaac Hayes's show-closing renditions of "Theme from Shaft" and "Soulsville."
The broadcast, a P.O.V. Classics presentation, coincides with the DVD release of "Wattstax-- The Special Edition," featuring bonus footage from the seven-hour concert and a remixed Dolby 5.1 Surround-Sound track.
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