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The Resource Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966, a film by Murray Lerner ; conceived and directed by Murray Lerner ; produced by Murray Lerner, Patchke Productions

Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966, a film by Murray Lerner ; conceived and directed by Murray Lerner ; produced by Murray Lerner, Patchke Productions

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Summary
From 1963 to 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving footage from four years of the festival into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music, and in American culture at large
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (98 min.)
Note
  • With optional on-screen text identifying musicians and songs being performed
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1967
  • Aspect ratio, 1.33:1
  • Program notes by Amanda Petrusich and biographical notes on the performers by Mary Katherine Aldin (40 pages : portraits) inserted in container
  • Supplements: Making-of featurette; "When we played Newport," featuring interview outtakes, a 2007 interview with Murray Lerner, and interviews recorded by Lerner between 2006 and 2010 with music festival producer George Wein and musicians Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Buffy Saint-Marie, Pete Seeger, and Peter Yarrow (approximately 30 min.); unreleased perormances, a selection of complete outtake performances, recorded 1963 and 1964, by Johnny Cash, Odetta, Clarence Ashley, Elizabeth Cotten, John Lee Hooker, and Tom Paxton (approximately 21 min.)
Isbn
9781681433530
Instance
Label
Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966
Title
Festival
Title remainder
folk music at Newport, 1963-1966
Statement of responsibility
a film by Murray Lerner ; conceived and directed by Murray Lerner ; produced by Murray Lerner, Patchke Productions
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Editor of moving image work
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Film distributor
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Interviewee
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Language
eng
Summary
From 1963 to 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving footage from four years of the festival into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music, and in American culture at large
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Photographed by Murray Lerner, Stanley Meredith, Francis Grumman, George Pickow; film editor, Howard Alk
Dewey number
782.42164
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
PerformerNote
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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1889-1973
  • 1920-1972
  • 1939-
  • 1903-1980
  • 1946-
  • 1910-1976
  • 1892-1966
  • 1930-2008
  • 1887-1975
  • 1919-2014
  • 1915-1996
  • 1941-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Lerner, Murray
  • Alk, Howard
  • Baez, Joan
  • Barker, Horton
  • Beers, Bob
  • Bikel, Theodore
  • Bloomfield, Michael
  • Cash, Johnny
  • Collins, Judy
  • Emmy
  • Donovan
  • Fariña, Mimi
  • Fariña, Richard
  • Hamer, Fannie Lou
  • House, Son
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • Hurt, Mississippi John
  • Koerner, John
  • Kweskin, Jim
  • Logan, Tex
  • Mashiyane, Spokes
  • McDowell, Fred
  • Odetta
  • Robertson, Eck
  • Sainte-Marie, Buffy
  • Seeger, Pete
  • Terry, Sonny
  • McGhee, Brownie
  • Petrusich, Amanda
  • Aldin, Mary Katherine
  • Dylan, Bob
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers
  • Paul Butterfield Blues Band
  • Freedom Singers (SNCC)
  • Sea Island Singers
  • Jug Band
  • Osborne Brothers
  • Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group)
  • Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
  • Staple Singers
  • Swan Silvertones
  • Ed Young Fife & Drums Corps
  • Patchke Productions
  • Janus Films
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
  • Newport Folk Festival
Runtime
97
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
892
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Newport Folk Festival
  • Folk-rock music
  • Folk songs, English
  • Folk music
  • Protest songs
  • Blues (Music)
  • Popular music
  • Rock music
  • Gospel music
Technique
live action
Label
Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966, a film by Murray Lerner ; conceived and directed by Murray Lerner ; produced by Murray Lerner, Patchke Productions
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • With optional on-screen text identifying musicians and songs being performed
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1967
  • Aspect ratio, 1.33:1
  • Program notes by Amanda Petrusich and biographical notes on the performers by Mary Katherine Aldin (40 pages : portraits) inserted in container
  • Supplements: Making-of featurette; "When we played Newport," featuring interview outtakes, a 2007 interview with Murray Lerner, and interviews recorded by Lerner between 2006 and 2010 with music festival producer George Wein and musicians Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Buffy Saint-Marie, Pete Seeger, and Peter Yarrow (approximately 30 min.); unreleased perormances, a selection of complete outtake performances, recorded 1963 and 1964, by Johnny Cash, Odetta, Clarence Ashley, Elizabeth Cotten, John Lee Hooker, and Tom Paxton (approximately 21 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (98 min.)
Isbn
9781681433530
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515203715
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2803BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)995854767
System details
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player; aspect ratio, 1.33:1 presentation; LPCM 1.0 monaural
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966, a film by Murray Lerner ; conceived and directed by Murray Lerner ; produced by Murray Lerner, Patchke Productions
Publication
Note
  • With optional on-screen text identifying musicians and songs being performed
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1967
  • Aspect ratio, 1.33:1
  • Program notes by Amanda Petrusich and biographical notes on the performers by Mary Katherine Aldin (40 pages : portraits) inserted in container
  • Supplements: Making-of featurette; "When we played Newport," featuring interview outtakes, a 2007 interview with Murray Lerner, and interviews recorded by Lerner between 2006 and 2010 with music festival producer George Wein and musicians Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Buffy Saint-Marie, Pete Seeger, and Peter Yarrow (approximately 30 min.); unreleased perormances, a selection of complete outtake performances, recorded 1963 and 1964, by Johnny Cash, Odetta, Clarence Ashley, Elizabeth Cotten, John Lee Hooker, and Tom Paxton (approximately 21 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (98 min.)
Isbn
9781681433530
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515203715
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2803BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)995854767
System details
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player; aspect ratio, 1.33:1 presentation; LPCM 1.0 monaural
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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