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 DyIan, Howlin'Wolf, Johnny Cash, the Staples Singers, Pete Seeger, Son House, and Peter, PauI and Mary were just a few of the legends who shared the stage at Newport, treating audiences to a range of foIk music that encompassed the genre s roots in bIues, country, and gospel as weIl as its newer fIirtations with rock 'n' rolI. 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 pivotaI time in music and in American culture at large.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
- New, restored 2K digitaI transfer, approved by director Murray Lerner
-New reconstruction and remastering of the monauraI soundtrack using the originaI concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner and presented uncompressed
- When We PIayed 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 FestivaI, a new program featuring Lerner, associate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn
- SeIection of compIete outtake performances, including Clarence Ashley, Horton Barker, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, and Odetta
- PLUS: A bookIet featuring an essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist bios by foIk music expert Mary Katherine AIdin |
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