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Festival (stylized as Festival! ) is a 1967 American documentary film about the Newport Folk Festivals of the mid-1960s, and the burgeoning counterculture movement of the era, written, produced, and directed by Murray Lerner .
Message to Love is a feature documentary film of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. Directed and produced by Murray Lerner, the film includes performances by popular rock acts, such as Jimi Hendrix, the Who, and the Doors, as well as folk and jazz artists, such as Joni Mitchell and Miles Davis. The title of the film is taken from a song by Hendrix.
Lerner was born May 8, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Nacham and Goldie (Levine) Lerner. Murray's father left the family shortly after his birth. He was raised by his mother in Brooklyn, New York, where he graduated from high school. [1] Lerner attended Harvard University on a full scholarship. He helped start a film production society ...
Festival (1967) Director Murray Lerner made more than a dozen music documentaries during his career, with subjects such as Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Miles Davis.
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival is a 2007 documentary film about Bob Dylan's appearances at the Newport Folk Festival in three successive years: 1963, 1964, and 1965, directed by Murray Lerner. The film adds to the footage previously seen in Lerner's Festival! (1967), with full-length song performances.
Filmmaker Murray Lerner and others present at Newport argued that the boos were from outraged folk fans who disliked Dylan playing an electric guitar. Others present, including musician Al Kooper , disagreed, arguing that the audience were upset by poor sound quality and the short duration of the set. [ 23 ] "
Music fans interested in learning more about the historic festival can tune into They All Came Out to Montreux, a BMG Films and Beyond documentary from renowned British director Oliver Murray.
All the performances at the festival were professionally filmed by award-winning film director Murray Lerner. [14] with a view to releasing a documentary film but due to financial difficulties, nothing was released until 27 years after the event.