CinemaOSMovie · 1971 · 1h 22m · PG

Celebration at Big Sur

Everyone did it... for the sheer love of it.

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Star-studded show recorded at the Big Sur Folk Festival, Big Sur, California, September 13th and 14th, 1969. Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, John Sebastian, and others. This film captures a remarkable moment in folk, rock, and pop history - the famous folk festival that brought traditional acts like Dorothy Morrison & The Combs Sisters and Carol Ann Cisneros together with the psychedelic rockers of the day who were most deeply rooted in the folk revival. Older songs like ‘Oh Happy Day,’ ‘Rise And Shine,’ ‘All God’s Children,’ and ‘Swing Down, Sweet Chariot’ meet Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock,’ Joan Baez’s ‘Sweet Sir Galahad,’ ‘Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released,’ CSNY’s ‘Down By The River,’ and many more of the now-classic songs of what was then called the ‘new rock.’ The scene is notably intimate and - aside from one fan’s dustup with Stephen Stills - mellow, with many rare, close-up moments with the stars.

Directed byBaird Bryant, Johanna Demetrakas

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Language
EN
Released
December 10, 1971
Studios
20th Century Fox

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Self

David Crosby

David Crosby

Self

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Self

Graham Nash

Graham Nash

Self

Stephen Stills

Stephen Stills

Self

Neil Young

Neil Young

Self

John Sebastian

John Sebastian

Self

Dallas Taylor

Self

Greg Reeves

Greg Reeves

Self

Mimi Fariña

Mimi Fariña

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Baird Bryant
Johanna Demetrakas
Johanna Demetrakas
Produced by
Carl Gottlieb
Carl Gottlieb

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