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Festival (1967)

Festival (1967)

Music Documentary

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

Release Date: 1967, October 23
Directors: Murray Lerner
Countries: United States of America
Production: Patchke Productions
Cast: Joan Baez, Sonny Terry, Theodore Bikel, Judy Collins, Brownie McGhee, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Donovan, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

musical