Celebration at Big Sur

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

Oct 23 1971 PG 1h 22m
Documentary, Music

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.

Plot

A film of the 1969 music festival held in Big Sur, California, with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, John Sebastian and others.

Written by

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Directed by

Baird Bryant, Johanna Demetrakas

Cast

Joan Baez, Carol Ann Cisneros, David Crosby

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Featurettes
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Scores
# of Votes
155
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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