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Festival

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NR,1hr 27min

Genres:

Documentary,Musical

Released:

January 1, 1966

Director:

Murray Lerner

Starring:

Joan Baez, Paul Butterfield, Judy Collins ...more

Synopsis: An invaluable record of the Newport Folk Festival, the most important annual showcase for roots music from the late '50s through the next decade, Festival packs an amazing amount of information into its brief running time. Director Murray Lerner assembled footage he and several other cinematographers shot between 1963 and 1966 at Newport. The folk music boom that began in the late '50s with rise to popularity of groups such as the Kingston Trio reached its peak during these years, thanks to one man, ... Full Synopsis

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	Tom Wiener, AMG Review As a key document of music history, Murray Lerner's record of the mid-'60s Newport Folk Festival, is similar to Bert Stern's Jazz on a Summer's Day, which documented the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Festival offers a mix of performances and what might be called ambience footage. Lerner is so embarrassed by the rich variety of music presented at these annual tribal rituals that he chooses not to show ... Full Review

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	Joan Baez Judy Collins Donovan Bob Dylan

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