Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 1974. The concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and 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". Tracklist: What You See Is What You Get - The Dramatics Oh La De Da - The Staple Singers We the People - The Staple Singers Star-Spangled Banner - Kim Weston Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing - Kim Weston Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers Someone Greater Than I - Jimmy Jones Lying on the Truth - Rance Allen Group Peace Be Still - The Emotions Old-Time Religion - William Bell, Louise McCord, Debra Manning, Eric Mercury, Freddy Robinson, Lee Sain, Ernie Hines, Little Sonny, the Newcomers, Eddie Floyd, the Temprees, Frederick Knight Son of Shaft/Feel It - The Bar-Kays I'll Play The Blues For You - Albert King Walking the Back Streets and Crying - Little Milton Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone - Johnnie Taylor I May Not Be What You Want - Mel and Tim Pick Up the Pieces - Carla Thomas Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right - Luther Ingram Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes Soulsville - Isaac Hayes I do not own this video.

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