Albert King, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Jackson
The climactic concert of the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival, commemorating the 1965 riots, and featuring performances by Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Richard Pryor, and many more.
DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
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October 17, 2008This is some of the best footage you'll ever see of Rufus Thomas doing the Chicken Strut in a hot pink leisure suit. f'in amazing performances by some of the most influential soul artists of the early 70s. And hilarious yet pithy dialog and narration by Richard Pryor gives the ...( read more)
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September 4, 2008Released in 1973,the classic documentary masterpiece was the Woodstock of Stax.
Directed by Mel Stuart(of Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)this was a grand event which the climatic concer of the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival that was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum ...( read more) -
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June 3, 2006Watch it for the music, for Rufus Thomas doing the Funky Chicken and, of course, for Isaac Hayes in gold chains.
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