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- US Premiere!
Long-lost film of legendary 1967 Stax Revue!
Double delight of Sweet Soul Music on A Sunday Night!
Restored, extended version of Wattstax!
Wattstax director Mel Stuart in-person!Sunday July 22, 2007 - 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood
- STAX REVUE 1967
- STAX REVUE 1967
- (1967, 78 mins, Reelin' In The Years Productions)
- A platinum gem recently unearthed in the vaults of Norwegian TV and never before seen in the US! It’s the only known full-length film of the legendary 1967 Stax Revue - the European tour that sparked the soul revolution. Beautifully shot with multiple cameras in a controlled studio environment with quality sound - we get to experience the excitement that Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Arthur Conley, Booker T. & The MGs brought to Europe in that halcyon tour. The film has been digitally-restored and this is its US Premiere!
Discussion following with soul music historian David Nathan
NOT
ON DVD!
NEVER
ON VHS!
NEVER
ON US TV! - A platinum gem recently unearthed in the vaults of Norwegian TV and never before seen in the US! It’s the only known full-length film of the legendary 1967 Stax Revue - the European tour that sparked the soul revolution. Beautifully shot with multiple cameras in a controlled studio environment with quality sound - we get to experience the excitement that Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Arthur Conley, Booker T. & The MGs brought to Europe in that halcyon tour. The film has been digitally-restored and this is its US Premiere!
- WATTSTAX
- (1973, 104 mins, Sony Repertory, Directed by Mel Stuart)
- This is the landmark 1972 concert that teamed soul music with Black Pride – and was dubbed the "black Woodstock". And so it was - but it’s also much more than that. Not only are there riveting performances – but the film also documents the socio-political background to the event. An emphasis on black pride and the opportunity for African-Americans to assert that - in the immortal words from Jesse Jackson's concert prologue - "I Am Somebody". The film presents a slew of great Stax Records artists performing at the L.A. Coliseum including: Rufus & Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor Kim Weston the Bar-Kays and concert-closer Isaac Hayes. We also experience the churches, shops and streets of Watts - just seven years after the race riots that scarred the city. The film delivers what comedian Richard Pryor (who delivers hilarious scathing observations) calls "a soulful expression of the black experience." We are showing the gloriously restored, extended 2003 version.
"Wattstax" introduced by director Mel Stuart
- This is the landmark 1972 concert that teamed soul music with Black Pride – and was dubbed the "black Woodstock". And so it was - but it’s also much more than that. Not only are there riveting performances – but the film also documents the socio-political background to the event. An emphasis on black pride and the opportunity for African-Americans to assert that - in the immortal words from Jesse Jackson's concert prologue - "I Am Somebody". The film presents a slew of great Stax Records artists performing at the L.A. Coliseum including: Rufus & Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor Kim Weston the Bar-Kays and concert-closer Isaac Hayes. We also experience the churches, shops and streets of Watts - just seven years after the race riots that scarred the city. The film delivers what comedian Richard Pryor (who delivers hilarious scathing observations) calls "a soulful expression of the black experience." We are showing the gloriously restored, extended 2003 version.
Tonight's Stars!
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- Musicians & Composers (seen and/or heard):
The Bar Kays •Booker T. & The MGs •Arthur Conley •Steve Cropper •Isaac Hayes •Luther Ingram •Albert King •Little Milton •Sam Moore •Otis Redding •Sam & Dave •Mavis Staples •The Staples Singers •Johnnie Taylor •Carla Thomas •Rufus Thomas •Kim Weston - Actors/Directors/Producers/Cultural Icons:
Jesse Jackson •Richard Pryor
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