Story of movie Festival 1967 Film : Festival (stylized as Festival!) is a 1967 American documentary film about the Newport Folk Festival, written, produced, and directed by Murray Lerner.
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| Directed by | Murray Lerner |
| Produced by | Murray Lerner |
| Written by | Murray Lerner |
| Cinematography | Murray Lerner Stanley Meredith Francis Grumman George Pickow |
| Edited by | Howard Alk |
Production company | Patchke Productions |
Release date | December 5, 1967 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Filmed over the course of three festivals at Newport (1963-1965), the film features performances by Johnny Cash, 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 Fariña, 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.
- List of American films of 1967
- Bob Dylan
- Joan Baez
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