Celebration at Big Sur (1971)
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.
Directors: Baird Bryant, Johanna Demetrakas.
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Joan Baez as Self |
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David Crosby as Self |
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Joni Mitchell as Self |
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Graham Nash as Self |
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Stephen Stills as Self |
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Neil Young as Self |
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John Sebastian as Self |
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Dallas Taylor as Self |
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Greg Reeves as Self |
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Mimi Fariña as Self |
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Chris Ethridge as Self |
| Camera | Gary Weis | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Baird Bryant | Director |
| Directing | Johanna Demetrakas | Director |
| Production | Allison Caine | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Peter Smokler | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Baird Bryant | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joan Churchill | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bill Kaplan | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Johanna Demetrakas | Editor |
| Editing | Baird Bryant | Editor |
| Sound | Larry M. Klingman | Sound |
| Sound | Howard Chelsey | Sound |
| Camera | Jim Auker | Camera Production Assistant |
| Production | Carl Gottlieb | Producer |
| Sound | Joan Churchill | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Terry Hodel | Sound Editor |
