Showtimes
Friday, April 17, 2026
7:30PM Oriental Theatre - Lubar Cinema (west)
Monday, April 27, 2026
12:00PM Oriental Theatre - Abele Cinema (main)
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
3:30PM Oriental Theatre - Abele Cinema (main)
Description
Before Coachella and Woodstock, there was Newport. From 1963 to 1966, the famed Newport Folk Festival brought together the likes of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, and more. Rare and previously unseen archival footage captures this charged moment when freedom songs met work songs, tradition met innovation, and the spirit of protest filled the air. This earnest documentary by Robert Gordon and Joe Lauro is filled with poignant melodies that reveal how music can illuminate struggle, inspire courage, and keep democracy alive.
- Series
- Sound Vision Program – MFF26
- Documentary Festival Favorites Program – MFF26
- Year
- 2025
- Length
- 99 minutes
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Sponsor
- Carrie and Grant Killoran
- Director
- Robert Gordon
- Producers
- Robert Gordon, Laura Jean Hocking, Joe Lauro
- Co-Producer
- Kim Bledsoe-Lloyd, Stephanie Jenkins
- Editor
- Laura Jean Hocking
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