Festival

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lerner, Murray, film director.

The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and culture.

Artists.

Music.

History.

Americans.

Documentary films.

Arts.

Genre:

Documentary films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

The Criterion Collection 1967

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2023

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was FESTIVAL. From 1963 through 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 Staple 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 and 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

Notes:

Title from title frames

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1967

Publisher Number:

14353104 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license