Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Levanthal

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Levanthal (2005)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (9,455 ratings)

In the early '60s, revolutionary music producer and promoter Harold Leventhal's contributions to the American folk scene forever changed the face of modern music. In addition to being the man who gave Bob Dylan his first major concert hall performance, Leventhal also managed such folk… More

G,
Directed By
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
In Theaters
Dec 9, 2005 Wide
7th Art Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    If feelings stir within you when you hear 'Goodnight, Irene' and 'Wimoweh' and 'This Land Is Your Land' and 'If I Had a Hammer' and 'Midnight Special' and 'Rock Island Line,' then the Weavers are a part of you.

  • Laura Kern, New York Times

    Jim Brown's touching documentary is about folk musicians who organized and performed a Thanksgiving 2003 tribute concert to the distinguished manager and promoter who launched their careers.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    Leventhal, who died two months ago, couldn't have asked for a better memorial than Isn't This a Time!

  • Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

    Any opportunity to see Pete Seeger perform, even at age 85, is worth taking -- and Seeger is front, center and full-throated in Jim Brown's concert film.

  • Josh Goldfein, Village Voice

    It's impossible not to be moved by the Weavers.

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