Festival
FilmMusicDocumentary

Festival

1967 · ★ 5.7 · Dir. Murray Lerner

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

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.

Released
1967-10-23
Runtime
97 min
Language
EN
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Top billed cast

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

Keywords

Musical

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