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Festival (1967)

★ 5.7/10 97 min Documentary, Music United States English
Director: Murray Lerner
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Newport is an oasis of beautiful music - and beautiful people ... who take the high road to

Description

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.

Top Cast

Horton Barker Self
Fiddler Beers Self
Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel Self
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger Self
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Self
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf Self
Donovan
Donovan Self
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Self

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