Wattstax
Wattstax was a festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20 1972 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". There have been several CDs with the recordings from this festival and also a movie. The master of ceremonies was Jesse Jackson, and it contained several interviews with Richard Pryor.
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Los Angeles Coliseum - August 20 - 1972 - Stax Records - Watts riots - Woodstock - Jesse Jackson - Richard Pryor
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In September of 2004, the PBS series "P.O.V." aired a documentary about the concert and the movie. That same month, the movie was released on DVD.
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