WATTSTAX (1973)
A Stax Films - Wolper Pictures
Synopsis
Documents on film a mammoth musical event - the seven-hour concert featuring the entire roster of the Stax recording company, held in 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The film celebrates and interprets the Black experience in America through music, on-the-street interviews and comedy.
Main Credits
| Executive Producer | Al Bell |
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| Executive Producer | David L. Wolper |
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| Producer | Larry Shaw |
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| Producer | Mel Stuart |
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| Director | Mel Stuart |
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| Cinematographer | Larry Clark |
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| Cinematographer | Roderick Young |
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| Cinematographer | Robert Marks |
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| Cinematographer | Jose Mignone |
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| Editor | David Blewitt |
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| Editor | Robert K. Lambert |
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| Editor | David Newhouse |
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Full Credit List
| Executive Producer | Al Bell |
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| Executive Producer | David L. Wolper |
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| Producer | Larry Shaw |
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| Producer | Mel Stuart |
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| Associate Producer HNIC | Forest Hamilton |
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| Production Executive | Conrad Holzgang |
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| Director | Mel Stuart |
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| Performer | The Dramatics |
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| Performer | Eddie Floyd |
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| Performer | Issac Hayes |
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| Performer | Luther Ingram |
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| Performer | Rev. Jesse Jackson |
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| Performer | Jimmy Jones |
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| Performer | Albert King |
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| Performer | Frederick Knight |
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| Performer | Richard Pryor |
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| Performer | Staple Singers |
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| Performer | Johnnie Taylor |
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| Performer | Carla Thomas |
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| Performer | Rufus Thomas |
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| Performer | Mel & Tim |
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| Performer | Kim Weston |
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| Performer | Bar-Kays |
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| Performer | Tempress |
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| Performer | Little Milton |
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| Production Associate | Boom Boom J.D. |
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| Production Associate | Cassius Weathersby |
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| Production Coordinator | David Oyster |
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| Production Assistant | Matthew Ford |
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| Production Assistant | Lou Harris |
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| Cinematographer | Larry Clark |
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| Cinematographer | Roderick Young |
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| Cinematographer | Robert Marks |
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| Cinematographer | Jose Mignone |
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| Lighting Director | Acey Dcey |
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| Editor | David Blewitt |
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| Editor | Robert K. Lambert |
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| Editor | David Newhouse |
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| Post Production Supervisor | Phillips Wylly |
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| Music Editor | Neiman-Tillar Associates |
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| Sound Effects Editor | Edit-Rite |
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| Musical Supervision | Terry Manning |
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| Opitcal Effects | Cinema Research |
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| Special Thanks | Richard Pryor, Ted Lange, Elizabeth Cleveland, Raymond Allen, Andre Edwards, Patricia Henley, Eric Kilpatrick, Ernest King, Michael Gibson and The Black People Who Made Themselves Heard |
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