Director: Mel Stuart

Keywords: Music Documentary

Documentary about the Wattstax Music Festival, held 20 August 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum to commemorate the 1965 Watts Riots.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eddie Floyd	Musician	25-Jun-1935		R&B/Stax performer and songwriter
Isaac Hayes	Musician	20-Aug-1942	10-Aug-2008	Theme from Shaft
Jesse Jackson	Activist	8-Oct-1941		Rainbow Coalition
Albert King	Guitarist	25-Apr-1923	21-Dec-1992	Blues electric guitarist
Ted Lange	Actor	5-Jan-1947		Isaac the bartender on Love Boat
Little Milton	Musician	17-Sep-1934	4-Aug-2005	Annie Mae's Cafe
Richard Pryor	Comic	1-Dec-1940	10-Dec-2005	Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy
Kim Weston	Musician	30-Dec-1939		It Takes Two

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