Festival

Festival

1967
1h 37m
5.7

5.7/10

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

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Patchke Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

Quick Facts

Release Date October 23, 1967
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0061658

Cast

Horton Barker
Horton Barker

Self

Fiddler Beers
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

Judy Collins
Judy Collins

Self

Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield

Self

Son House
Son House

Self

Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee

Self

Key Crew

Murray Lerner
Director
Murray Lerner
Writer
Murray Lerner
Producer