Festival

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Festival (1967)

Directed by Murray Lerner

“Newport is an oasis of beautiful music - and beautiful people ... who take the high road to”

Documentary, Music · 1h 37m

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.

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Cast

H
Horton Barker Self
F
Fiddler Beers Self Theodore Bikel Self Pete Seeger Self Bob Dylan Self Howlin' Wolf Self Donovan Self Johnny Cash Self Judy Collins Self
M
Mike Bloomfield Self
S
Son House Self Brownie McGhee Self

Crew

Director
Murray Lerner
Writer
Murray Lerner
Director of Photography
Murray Lerner, Francis Grumman, George Pickow, Stanley Meredith
Editor
Howard Alk
Producer
Murray Lerner

Details

Release date
1967-10-23
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Patchke Productions