Film Screenings
The Dark Holler - A Celebration of the Roots of American Music
Sat 16 Aug,
£18/£16 ALL DAY PASS
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Film Screenings
4pm, £3
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FESTIVAL! (1967)
Murray Lerner’s film of the Newport Folk festival 1963 –1965
This wonderful film explores the relationship of the American folk revival of the 50s and 60s to traditional folk music, the blues, Appalachian and country music, and to the civil rights movement.
It features a host of influential musicians as well as little known performers – Son House, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Southsea Georgian singers, The Osborne Brothers, Howling Wolf, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Mississippi John Hurt and many others.
Running time: 95mins
THE END OF AN OLD SONG (1973)
John Cohen’s classic but little seen film brings to life the earthy existence of balladeer Dillard Chandler of Madison County, North Carolina.
Running time: 26mins
