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In its ‘60s heyday, Newport Folk Festival became the crucible where tradition collided with an emergent generation’s fervent, socially activated spirit to forge a new musical counterculture. This ...

From 1963 to 1966, a team of filmmakers shot nearly 80 hours of footage of the Newport Folk Festival, documenting performances, interviewing attendees, and capturing the festival’s changes as rock ...