Festival (1967 film)
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Duration Language English | 7.5/10 IMDb Genre Documentary, Music Producer Murray Lerner Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 5, 1967 (1967-12-05) Writer Murray Lerner (conceived by) Cast Similar movies Birdman , Pitch Perfect 2 , Frozen , Aladdin , Beauty and the Beast , The Jungle Book Tagline Newport is an oasis of beautiful music - and beautiful people ... who take the high road to "Festival!" |
American folk and blues festival 1967
Festival (stylized as Festival!) is a 1967 American documentary film about the Newport Folk Festival, written, produced, and directed by Murray Lerner.

Filmed over the course of three festivals at Newport (1963-1965), the film features performances by Johnny Cash, Joan Baez & Peter Yarrow, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Spider John Koerner, Theodore Bikel, Hobart Smith, the Osborne Brothers, The Staple Singers, Mimi and Richard FariƱa, Donovan, Sacred Harp Singers, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Mike Bloomfield, Judy Collins, Ronnie Gilbert, Moving Star Hall Singers, Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, and many others.
It also features the infamous 1965 set by Bob Dylan at Newport. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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