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Festival, a film by Murray Lerner ; conceived and directed by Murray Lerner ; produced by Murray Lerner, Patchke Productions

Title from title frameOriginally released as a motion picture in 1967Program notes by Amanda Petrusich and biographical notes on the performers by Mary Katherine Aldin (40 pages : portraits) inserted in containerSpecial features: new, restored 2K digital transfer, approved by director Murray Lerner; new reconstruction and remasters of the soundtrack from the original concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner; Making 'Festival, ' a new program featuring Lerner, associate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn; When We Played Newport, a new program featuring archival interviews with Lerner, music festival produer George Wein, and musicians Joan Baez, John Cohen, Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, and others; selection of unreleased performances by Clarence Ashley, Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Cotten, John Lee Hooker, Odetta, and Tom Paxton; optional captions identifying artists and song titles; plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic Amanda Petrusch and artist biographies by folk music expert Mary Katherine Aldin

black and white

monaural

Photographed by Murray Lerner, Stanley Meredith, Francis Grumman, George Pickow ; film editor, Howard Alk

other

Director-approved DVD special edition.

9781681433547

videodisc

Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Theodore Bikel, Fiddler Beers, Mike Bloomfield, Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Cousin Emmy, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Mimi and Dick Fariña, the Freedom Singers, the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Ronnie Gilbert, Mrs. Ollie Gilbert, Fannie Lou Hamer, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Spider John Koerner, Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band, Tex Logan and the Lilly Bros., Mel Lyman, Johannes "Spokes" Mashiyane, Fred McDowell, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Pappy Clayton McMichen, Moving Star Hall Singers, Odetta, the Osborne Brothers, Joe Patterson, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Almeda Riddle, Alexander "Eck" Robertson, the Sacred Harp Singers, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mike Seeger, Pete Seeger, the Staple Singers, the Swan Silvertones, Mrs. General Watson, Reverend Wilkins, Howlin' Wolf, the Ed Young Fife & Drum Corps

1 videodisc (98 min.), DVD video, sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

sound on medium

videodisc

(Sirsi) o995853298(OCoLC)995853298

DVD, NTSC, region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural

715515203814

CC2804D -- Criterion Collection

DVD