Festival (Criterion Collection)

Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash. Performance footage and artist interviews make up this prototype of the concert film, which covered the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1967. The rise of famous music events like Woodstock and Lollapalooza can all be traced back to Newport and this documentary! Directed by Murray Lerner. Includes 2K digital restoration and remastered soundtrack, new program with archival interviews with the director and several performers and producers of festivals, new program about the editing team behind the film, outtake performances from Clarence Ashley, Horton Barker, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker and more and booklet with essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist biographies. 1967/b&w/97 min/NR/fullscreen.