50 Years Later, The Celebrations And Contradictions Of 'Wattstax' Still Resonate

The documentary, itself a time capsule of a city in flux, captures the Watts Summer Festival concert hosted by Stax Records at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 20, 1972.

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