In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I speak with two special guests: filmmakers Robert Gordon and Joe Lauro.
Robert and Joe are the director and producer of a new film about the Newport Folk Festival called Newport and the Great Folk Dream.
Check out our conversation and find out how the filmmakers got access to hours of unseen archive footage, originally shot by Murray Lerner across four editions of the Newport Folk Festival from 1963-66.
Robert and Joe also discuss resisting the idea of making a film just about Bob Dylan, the help and wisdom they received from Dylan’s manager Jeff Rosen and the impact of A Complete Unknown on their project.
Newport and the Great Folk Dream jas its UK Premiere at the BFI IMAX in London on October 29th at 5:45, as part of the 2026 Doc’n’Roll Festival of music documentaries.
Tickets are available now at docnrollfestival.com or directly from BFI.
For more on the film and to watch the trailer, visit the official website.
Written, produced and performed by Colm Larkin. Theme music by Frank Harkin - check out his band Ha Ha Ha.
All other music is used for the purposes of illustration and is intended as fair use.
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A book based on the podcast is now available. Busy Being Born (1960-66) tells the story of Bob Dylan’s early career through his albums, live recordings, bootleg tapes, film, TV appearances and more. It collects material already covered in this podcast series, while covering much more from those early days in Greenwich Village. There's also a chapter on Dylan at Newport that covers Murray Lerner's original films, Festival and The Other Side of the Mirror.
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