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'Monterey Pop' documentary still rocks as a concert film 50 years later

Fifty years ago this weekend, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and other artists made Monterey Pop the ideal music festival.

Editor's note: DMN pop culture critic Chris Vognar joins Stephen Becker of KERA/FM90.1 for The Big Screen podcast each week.

Fifty years ago this weekend, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and other artists made Monterey Pop the ideal music festival. 

D.A. Pennebaker, in turn, made the ideal concert film.

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On this week's Big Screen we look back at the show and the movie, which plays at the Inwood Friday and Saturday.

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