Festival (1967)

Directed by

Murray Lerner

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures performances and behind-the-scenes moments from the Newport Folk Festivals in the mid-1960s. It shows a mix of musicians and attendees as the counterculture movement was growing.

energeticnostalgicobservationallivelygroundedintimatehistorical

What happens

Festival (stylized as Festival!) is a 1967 American documentary film about the Newport Folk Festivals of the mid-1960s, and the burgeoning counterculture movement of the era, written, produced, and directed by Murray Lerner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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