Murry Lerner's film "Festival"is a cinematic synthesis of four Newport Folk Festivals that depicts the crucial years of transition for the art of folk music.Performers range from 60's folk legends Bo..
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Murry Lerner's film "Festival"is a cinematic synthesis of four Newport Folk Festivals that depicts the crucial years of transition for the art of folk music.Performers range from 60's folk legends Bob Dylan and Joan Baez to country artists like Johnny Cash to traditional American folk artists such as the Georgia Sea Island Singers.The range is also from the huge-priced professionals like Peter,Paul and Mary to the authentic folk dignity of Son House and Mississippi John Hurt.Joan Baez,Donovan and Judy Collins are all on view,as are Pete Seeger, the Ed Young Fife & Drum Corps.
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 their range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Richard Fariña, 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.