Newport and the Great Folk Dream

2025 1h 39m EN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

DocumentaryMusic

Synopsis

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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. Musicians drove that change — Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger but also banjo players from coal country, remote Georgia gospel artists, rural Canadian fishermen, and the opportunities created for the urban kids to mingle with those they’d not ordinarily encounter.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez
Self (archive footage)
Pete Seeger
Self (archive footage)
Mississippi John Hurt
Self (archive footage)
John Lee Hooker
Self (archive footage)
Mimi Fariña
Self (archive footage)
Richard Farina
Self (archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Gordon
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan and Joan Baez carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt36986222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Gordon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan and Joan Baez carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt36986222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.