SESSION: Monday 29th May at 7:30pm



Wattstax – 50th Anniversary

(1973, dir. Mel Stuart, w/ The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, Kim Weston, Jimmy Jones)

Documentary with a selection from a non-stop 7-hour musical event at Watts, the Los Angeles Coliseum, August 20, 1972. It's a sort of Woodstock event but with black artists, namely the groups Dramatics, Staple Singers, Rance Allen Group, Emotions, Bar Kays, Mel & Tim. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 4444(Astor rating)

Truck Turner

(1974, dir. Jonathan Kaplan, w/ Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase)

Truck Turner will start at approximately 9:39pm, and finish at approximately 11:16pm.

Truck is a bounty hunter who gets a job to track down a guy named Gator. When he and his partner find him, a chase ensues and Gator is killed. This makes Gator's woman, Dorinda, very angry ... (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.53.53.53.5(IMDB rating)