Documentary films about Los Angeles

1981 film by Penelope Spheeris

2019 documentary film directed by Rachel Mason

Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time. The genres of the songs performed included soul, gospel, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz. Months after the festival, Stax released a double LP of the concert's highlights, Wattstax: The Living Word. The concert was filmed by David L. Wolper's film crew and was made into the

2001 film by Stacy Peralta

2013 documentary film by Dave Grohl

2008 American documentary film directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy

2000 documentary film directed by World of Wonder

1988 film by Penelope Spheeris

1982 film by Agnès Varda