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MLF Productions
Directed by: Murray Lerner
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.
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Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
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A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Interview, Outtakes, Booklet
- When We Played Newport, a new program featuring archival interviews with Murray 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 Murray 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
- A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist bios by folk music expert Mary Katherine Aldin
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