| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features Murray Lerner |
Peppercorn-Wormser Film Enterprises
Directed by Murray Lerner
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Eagle Vision)
Superb documentary of the mid 60s folk scene filmed at the Newport Folk Festival. Superstars Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary get the most songs, but many lesser known artists also get at least some screen time. One can easily see how the setting of the folk festival would evolve into the even more famous Woodstock in just a few short years. Attendees sport long hair and beards, sleep on the beach or in their cars and talk about how folk music is used as freedom of expression. Lerner falls in love with extreme close-ups towards the end, and some of the performances are cut short, but overall captures the feel of the times like few films.
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