Wikipedia - "Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 1974. The concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as 'the Afro-American answer to Woodstock'. To enable as many members of the black community in L.A. to attend as possible, tickets were sold for only $1.00 each."
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40 years ago, Wattstax festival brought 112,000 African Americans to the LA Coliseum (Video)
Various Artists - Music from the Wattstax Festival & Film
YouTube: Wattstax (1973) 1:49:23
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