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Newport and the Great Folk Dream

Robert Gordon

2025 • 1h 39m

Powerful music leaps from the air and can change the actual world. At the Newport Folk Festivals in the early 1960s, the molecules were electric with rebellion and democracy, with anger and hope. Musi...

Newport and the Great Folk Dream

Cast

Johnny Cash

Johnny CashSelf (archive footage)

Bob Dylan

Bob DylanSelf (archive footage)

Joan Baez

Joan BaezSelf (archive footage)

Pete Seeger

Pete SeegerSelf (archive footage)

Mississippi John HurtSelf (archive footage)

John Lee Hooker

John Lee HookerSelf (archive footage)

Mimi Fariña

Mimi FariñaSelf (archive footage)

Richard FarinaSelf (archive footage)

Bill Monroe

Bill MonroeSelf (archive footage)

Judy Collins

Judy CollinsSelf (archive footage)

Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' WolfSelf (archive footage)

Crew

Robert Gordon

Robert GordonDirector

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