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

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

— lacking. They were like newsreels, Stuart said, and he didn't do newsreels — instead, he wanted the music in his film to serve as"a springboard into a camera exploration of a segment of the Black Experience."

One of the primary sponsors for the event was Schlitz Brewing Company, and listening to the recordings, there's never a chance to forget it. While the partnership allowed them to charge just a dollar for tickets, culture and commerce clash in the many overly-long shout-outs to the company. It's more than a little jarring to hear Rev. Jackson extol the virtues of Schlitz in the same tone as a Sunday sermon as he announces a partnership between Operation PUSH and the brewery.

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