Cinema Libre Picks July 30 For The DVD Debut Of Documentary Filmmaker Mick Richards’ Creating Woodstock

You’ve likely seen director Michael Wadleigh’s Oscar-winning 1970 film, Woodstock, and perhaps even filmmaker Ang Lee’s 2009 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or nominated dramatic retelling of the Woodstock concert based on Elliot Tiber’s book, Taking Woodstock. 

Word arrived this past week from Cinema Libre that documentary filmmaker Mick Richards’ Creating Woodstock, an insightful examination of that landmark gathering at Max Yasgur's farm in August of 1969, will be making its DVD debut on July 30.

Creating Woodstock takes a look at the history of the event and how it all came together.   It is a 50^th Anniversary celebration of Woodstock and filmmaker Mick Richards has gathered interviews with the four unlikely concert promoters — John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang — who were the founders of Woodstock Ventures.   

He then added video sessions with the production talent that includes John Morris, Bill Belmont, Mel Lawrence and Chip Monck and these insights and remembrances from the creative and technical individuals involved with the four-day event were combined with sessions featuring some of the performers, including Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie and Leslie West.

To put the icing on cake, filmmaker Mick Richards has assembled archival footage and recently unearthed photographs to form this documentary “love letter” to an event that defined a generation.  Creating Woodstock on DVD on July 30 … perfectly timed to celebrate The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, or simply “Woodstock,” at 50!!