From 1963 through 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving four years of footage into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music and American culture at large.

The soundtrack to the two-part documentary film features a mix of familiar hit recordings, including Heartbreak Hotel, powerful vocal performances, and rare studio outtakes.

The tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1970 celebrates the work of legendary folk singer and songwriter, Woody Guthrie, and has never been seen before. The star-studded event was a fundraiser for the California Chapter of The Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, now known as the Hereditary Disease Foundation, as Woody died of Huntington's disease in 1967.

"The untold story of the woman whose music and afro inspired a generation, whose voice provided a soundtrack for the unfolding civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s"--