Rent Festival! (1967)
3.8 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- Murray Lerner's film "Festival" is a cinematic synthesis of four Newport Folk Festivals in which the art of folk music is pictured in transition during its most crucial years. The range is from Bob Dylan doing "Tambourine Man" and Joan Baez doing "Farewell Angelina," to country artists like Johnny Cash doing "I Walk The Line" to the Georgia Sea Island Singers. The range is also from the high-priced professionals like Peter, Paul, and Mary to the authentic folk dignity of living legends such as Son House and Mississippi John Hurt. Joan Baez, Donovan and Judy Collins are all on view, as are Pete Seeger the Ed Young Fife & Drum Corps.
- Actors:
- Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Theodore Bikel, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Cousin Emmy, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Mimi Fariña, Richard Farina, Ronnie Gilbert, Mrs. Ollie Gilbert, Fannie Lou Hamer, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, John Koerner, Jim Kweskin
- Directors:
- Murray Lerner
- Writers:
- Murray Lerner
- Others:
- Murray Lerner
- Studio:
- Eagle Rock Entertainment
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics
