Festival (1967)
Overview
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 its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, 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. The crowd looks clean cut.
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What is Festival about?
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 its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, 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. The crowd looks clean cut. Festival is a Documentary, Music movie, released on 1967-10-23, runtime 97 minutes.
Is Festival worth watching?
TMDB users rate Festival 6.0 out of 10 from 12 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
Where can I watch Festival?
In France, Festival streams on INA madelen. The table on this page lists 1 more country. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Murray Lerner
Cast
- Horton Barker as Self
- Fiddler Beers as Self
- Theodore Bikel as Self
- Pete Seeger as Self
- Bob Dylan as Self
- Howlin' Wolf as Self
- Donovan as Self
- Johnny Cash as Self
- Judy Collins as Self
- Mike Bloomfield as Self
- Son House as Self
- Brownie McGhee as Self
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Sources
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