Newport & The Great Folk Dream
Feature | United States | 99 Minutes | English

Before Coachella and Woodstock, there was Newport. From 1963 to 1966, the Newport Folk Festival catalyzed America’s youth, creating a forum for the protest song to flourish, for a generation to find its voice, and for Bob Dylan to evolve from a political balladeer into a leather-jacketed rock ’n’ roller. NEWPORT & THE GREAT FOLK DREAM is an immersion into these transformative years, told by those who were there, including Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, the Freedom Singers, Noel “Paul” Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary), Loudon Wainwright III, Theodore Bikel, Phil Ochs, Judy Collins and more. Like the festival itself, the film uses the draw of its stars to reveal a thrilling range of American musical styles, featuring performance clips by Dylan, Baez, Ochs, Collins and Seeger, as well as Tom Paxton, Peter Paul and Mary, Odetta, Bill Monroe, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Buffy Sainte-Marie, José Feliciano, The Chambers Bros, Howlin’ Wolf, The Lovin” Spoonful and many others. Director: Robert Gordon (Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal; Johnny Cash's America).

After the screening: A live conversation with Producer Joe Lauro.