WATTSTAX - Airing at Luna sat March 29 - April 4...FC member discount Checkit!

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WATTSTAX
The Black Woodstock

Screening at Luna Outdoor for limited screenings
Sat March 29 to Wed April 2
9.45pm (Doors Open 9.30pm)

FUNK CLUB MEMBERS FLASH THEIR MEMBER CARD FOR CONCESSION ENTRY ($10.50) Also first person to email lips(a)funkclub.com.au with I LOVE SOUL in the headline gets a free double pass.

With revolution in the air and mounted to celebrate the '65 LA Watts riots, this blindingly brilliant concert film is a who’s who of the black music scene circa 1972. The Wattstax Concert was staged by the Memphis Record label Stax to raise
money for the Martin Luther King Hospital, and to consolidate the passion and pride of Black America.

AUGUST 20, 1972, was Isaac Hayes' 30th birthday. That night, he greeted 100,000 brothers and sisters at LA's Memorial
Coliseum: an entertainment audience unprecedented in African- American history. Long lost footage shows the stadium scoreboard flashing "Black Moses" as he raises his fists, a soul messiah in teardrop shades, pink tights, zebra-fur anklewarmers and gold chains circling his glistening ebony torso. Some birthday….
"There was a lot of love there that day," recalls Hayes, one of Stax's chief creative forces since the mid '60s. "It was a sense of pride: Pride of our people, our music, our achievements. We had something to say and it was said on a large scale. "And most importantly, the whole event was totally peaceful. Not one fight or incident. Everyone was there just to have a good time. When I got on stage, I felt surrounded by my people. It was a day to celebrate being black and being proud. (Michael Dwyer, The Age 21/12/2007)

Screening at Luna Outdoor for limited screenings, this terminally funky, beautifully shot and undiscovered classic,
features powerhouse performances by Isaac Hayes, the Bar Keys, Rufus Thomas, Albert King and many, many more.
MC-d by Richard Prior at the height of his comic powers, this is a pure document of the US civil rights movement with
Jesse Jackson's "I Am, Somebody" speech as inspiring an oration as you’ll ever hear.
Social justice has never felt so good! Brand new imported 35mm print!

Sat March 29 to Wed April 2
Sat to Wed: 9.45pm (Sat to Wed: Doors Open 9.30pm) (Presented in association with The Australian Centre for the Moving Image)

[germz]

This gig put funk on the map!

It's definately worth the watch, there's some great music from a whole bunch of groove based genres (Funk, Soul, Rhythm n Blues, Gospel, Blues) as well as some insight into life in Watts in the 1970's.

A great film, check it out!  Perth needs a gig like this!