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Wattstax / a Stax Films/Wolper Pictures presents ; produced by Larry Shaw and Mel Stuart ; directed by Mel Stuart.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 033 505
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--1971-1980.
- Popular music.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- African American musicians.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Music.
- Musical films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English, Japanese or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital surround 5.1 ; wide screen (16 x 9).
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The dynamic film of the 1972 Los Angeles event attended by over 100,000 concertgoers and first billed as the 'black Woodstock,' gets ya plenty. Its performances burn with vitality. Its forays into the neighborhood are a time capsule of pride and pain. And the Richard Pryor comedy riffs that provide the film₂s running commentary are a treasure all by themselves.
- Participant:
- Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, Luther Ingram, Albert King.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally produced in 1973.
- Special features: audio and video commentaries by Chuck D (rapper) and Rob Bowman (music historian); audio commentary by Isaac Hayes, director Mel Stuart, executive producer Al Bell and others; "Rolling down a mountain-- Isaac Hayes; complete Albert King performance of I'll Play the Blues For You ; original 1973 and special edition 2003 trailers.
- OCLC:
- 1105931928
- Publisher Number:
- 883929690244
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