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Wattstax (re-released)

Summary This documentary contains selections from a non-stop 7-hour musical event celebrating the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival, held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972.

Directed By: Mel Stuart

Wattstax (re-released)
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable
6.5
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Summary This documentary contains selections from a non-stop 7-hour musical event celebrating the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival, held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972.

Directed By: Mel Stuart

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Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.5
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25% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.5
50% Positive
2 Ratings
25% Mixed
1 Rating
25% Negative
1 Rating

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Production Company Stax Records, Wolper Productions
Release Date Jun 6, 2003
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Tagline 100,000 brothers and sisters turning on to being black... telling it like it is!
Golden Globes, USA
1 Nomination
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination