An Evening Of Soul On Film, The Big Top, 7pm; myspace.com/djsoulsis. DJ Soul Sister screens two of her favorite documentaries in “An Evening of Soul on Film” to raise money for The New Orleans Women’s Health Clinic. The first documentary is Wattstax, directed by Mel Stewart. Wattstax, sponsored by southern soul record company Stax, has long been known as the “Black Woodstock,” and in 1972 they the “black-is-beautiful” outlook of African-American culture was captured. This film features such greats as Isaac Hayes, Rufus and Carla Thomas, and even acts by Richard Prior. To celebrate the 14th anniversary of Ghana’s independence, the second film of this series, Soul to Soul, brings pop stars from all around the United States to Africa to play a fourteen-hour concert, where over 100,000 Ghanaians attended. Carlos Santana, Roberta Flack, Wilson Pickett, and many Ghanaian faces light up the screen in this documentary. —Christopher Woods



