Wattstax: An Excerpt on the Opposite Sex

Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film in 1974. This excerpt is a brilliantly edited survey of African American Watts residents' feelings on the opposite sex.

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[Ellasings7]

Black love will never be that deep or on that level again.

black folk have lost respect for each other, family and god.

I miss being a child in the 70's and 80's it was fun, really

good and more wholesome than today's violent kids with

no respect for anything!

[stillphil]

nah nah it's on he comeback, have some faith.

[blackimpressions]

These black men and women loved each other, this is black love at it's very best.

[RichyJA]

Now das black love and alot of rappers,actors and basketball players who were prominent in the 90s were a product of this

[zyruemusic]

Where R the good black women that support black men of today? We will sell CRACK 2 support our families but when we go 2 jail the black women get WEAK and find another man that can help her get her nails and hair done and FORGET the babies father locked behind bars....We R at WAR yet we believe we R free when we R not...

[MrTHREEFOOT]

I love this song. I search the whole of youtube just to find this. LOL AM LOOKING FOR THE LONGER VERSION.

[bigmo10]

LMAO @ 2:25

[AmbroseAmdis1]

humi really need some cure to my loneliness

[Vamply]

Compare the barbershop talk in this video with the barbershop talk in Chris Rock's documentary "Good Hair". Black men have changed so much and it's a damn shame. I refuse to say that black love will be what it once was BUT I will say that I don't think black men even know what black love is anymore. SOME black men use the "black men have it hard" card until it comes to relationships and black women and then they suddenly don't see race anymore! WTF!?

[stillphil]

well put sister ;)

[Ellasings7]

stillphil: I pray to god so. Black men are the most beautiful

on the planet. Strong, intelligent, faithful and loyal.Not the

violent animal as the non black world wants to percieve

my brotha's.I wish black men would get to know their

true place in history as the forefathers of mankind.Once

they are very secure with that, the rest falls into place,

The black woman must stand like the female geneal

Queen Ann Nzingha of africa and support a good black man. Our babies need mom and dad to be strong.

[Ellasings7]

bigbodigga: I love black love between man and woman.

I wish black men of today would not reject good black

sista that support and love you brotha's?. I wish black

sista's would be more loving and supportive of a brotha

that is public enemy #1 world wide. The first man on earth

needs his black queen to be supportive as long as he is

truly trying to make it right for her and the family. It's a huge

lack of historical knowledge and respect for one another.