Weston left Motown in 1967 when her husband Mickey Stevenson was given the chance to run his label with MGM in Los Angeles. Following her leave from Motown, she focused on her film career.  Starting with a small role in the 1969 film Changes, she was then featured in the 1972 concert film Wattstax. In the movie, she sang the American national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” colloquially referred to as the “Black national anthem.” She donated her profits to the United Negro Fund and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.  
 

Eventually, she moved to Israel to train young singers and even starred in a musical called Sound and The Kidnapped African. An artist with such a diverse career, she has since moved back to the states and still performs.