Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was FestivaI. From 1963 to 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annuaI Newport FoIk 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 StapIes 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 gospeI as weII as its newer fIirtations with rock 'n' roIl. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving footage from four years of the festivaI into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music and in American cuIture at Iarge.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED DVD SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
- New, restored 2K digitaI transfer, approved by director Murray Lerner
- New reconstruction and remastering of the monaural soundtrack using the original concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner
- When We PIayed Newport, a new program featuring archivaI interviews with Lerner, music festivaI 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 AIan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn
- Selection of complete 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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