Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of...
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F. Kennedy documentary Four Days in November and the 1973 concert film Wattstax. In addition he directed or produced over 180 films including movies of...
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Baadasssss Song and Shaft (both 1971). In 1972, Al Bell supervised the Wattstax festival, a day-long concert featuring Stax artists which was held in Los...
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Woodstock", Wattstax was hosted by Reverend Jesse Jackson and drew a crowd of over 100,000 people, most of them African-American. Wattstax was filmed by...
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Isaac Hayes with a 'Wattstax' screening". Chicago Tribune. Hirsh, Marc (July 16, 2010). "The Summer Of Music Documentaries: 'Wattstax'". Pop Culture Happy...
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The album's title was derived from a remark made by Pryor himself in Wattstax. Initially released on Stax Records under their "Partee" imprint, the album's...
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1973 feature film Wattstax, performing the song "Peace Be Still." The tune went on to be added to the movie's soundtrack. Wattstax was also nominated...
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Jackson, with the assembled crowd at Los Angeles Coliseum for the famous Wattstax Music Festival on August 20, 1972. It also appears in When We Were Kings...
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throughout the 1970s.: 256 In 1972, the group appeared in the documentary film Wattstax.: 270 Following this appearance, the group was named "Best Religious Group"...
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featured in Mel Stuart's 1973 documentary film "Wattstax". This film chronicles the historic 1972 Wattstax concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in...
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