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Festival

1967 · 97 min · Director: Murray Lerner ★ IMDb 7.5 · 955 ratings

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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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Festival (1967) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Nostalgia 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Nostalgia, Awe. Genres: Documentary, Music. AI estimate.

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Cast

HB
Horton Barker

FB
Fiddler Beers

PS
Pete Seeger

HW
Howlin' Wolf

DL
Donovan Leitch Jr.

D
Donovan

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JC
Johnny Cash

JC
Judy Collins

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Judy Collins

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MB
Mike Bloomfield

SH
Son House

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BM
Brownie McGhee

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ST
Sonny Terry

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PY
Peter Yarrow

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PS
Paul Stookey

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MT
Mary Travers

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BS
Buffy Sainte-Marie

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JB
Joan Baez

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MJ
Mississippi John Hurt

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Details

Directed by
Murray Lerner
Written by
Murray Lerner
Type
Movies
Released
1967
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 955 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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