Stax: Soulsville USA, Nothing Takes The Place Of You

Season 1, Episode 4

Stax expands to LA and puts on the benefit concert Wattstax - but when their bank goes under, Stax prepares to shutter its doors.

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Interracial underdog label Stax Records takes its growing influence on the black music scene, attempting to break into mainstream media.

Though Stax gains headway in the white market, Otis Redding's death and intensifying racial tensions in Memphis reveal signs of trouble.

Despite severe business setbacks, Stax Records rises again with Isaac Hayes's Oscar and Grammy-winning work for the 1971 smash hit Shaft.

Stax expands to LA and puts on the benefit concert Wattstax - but when their bank goes under, Stax prepares to shutter its doors.

About this episode
Stax expands to LA and puts on the benefit concert Wattstax - but when their bank goes under, Stax prepares to shutter its doors.
12HD
CrewJamila Wignot (Director)
GenreNews and Documentaries, Factual
Seasons1
ChannelHBOMax