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Festival [videorecording (DVD)] : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966 / a film by Murray Lerner.

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Criterion Collection, 2017.

DVD 781.62073 F418 Doc

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Criterion collection ; 892.

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Folk music at Newport, 1963-1966 [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Director-Approved DVD special ed.

1 videodisc (98 min.) : Dolby digita mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Originally released as a documentary film in 1967.

Special features: New, restored 2K digital transfer, approved by director Murray Lerner ; new reconstruction and remastering of the monaural soundtrack using the original concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner ; When We Played Newport, a new program featuring archival interviews with Lerner, music festival producer George Wein, and musicians Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Buffy Saint-Marie, Pete Seeger, and Peter Yarrow ; Editing Festival, a new program featuring Lerner, associate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn ; Selection of complete outtake performances, including Clarence Ashley, Horton Barker, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, and Odetta ; PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist bios by folk music expert Mary Katherine Aldin.

Directed by Murray Lerner.

Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Johnny Cash, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul And Mary, The Staple Singers, Pete Seeger, Howlin' Wolf, Son House and more.

"Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was Festival. 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. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, the Staples Singers, Pete Seeger, Son House, and Peter, Paul and Mary were just a few of the legends who shared the stage at Newport, treating audiences to a range of folk music that encompassed the genre's roots in blues, country, and gospel as well as its newer flirtations with rock 'n' roll. 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."--Container.

Folk-rock music.

Documentary films.

Lerner, Murray.

Barker, Horton, 1889-1973.

Beers, Bob, 1920-1972.

Dylan, Bob, 1941-

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.

Howlin' Wolf, 1910-

Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group)

Staple Singers.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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