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Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966

Lerner, Murray, (film director.). Baez, Joan, (musician.). Barker, Horton, 1889-1973 (musician.). Beers, Bob, 1920-1972 (musician.). Cash, Johnny, (musician.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Johnny Cash, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul And Mary, Pete Seeger. (Cast).

From 1963 to 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving footage from four years of the festival into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music, and in American culture at large.

DVD  - 2017
782.42164 Festi
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Subject
Folk-rock music.
Folk songs, English.
Folk music > United States.
Blues (Music)
Popular music > 1961-1970.
Rock music > 1961-1970.
Genre
Protest songs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
  • ISBN: 9781681433547
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Criterion collection.
  • Publisher [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Aspect ratio, 1.33:1.
GMD: videodisc.
Participant or Performer Note: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Johnny Cash, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul And Mary, Pete Seeger.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Monaural.