Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center

Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

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Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
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Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins will engage in a post-screening discussion and audience Q&A about the films and the mission and activities of the Center. Special guest Bill Janovitz will round out the evening with a brief acoustic performance of Dylan covers.
Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio.
Selections include Dylan’s first film soundtrack for 1961’s “Autopsy on Operation Abolition;” a devastating solo rendition of “Ballad of Hollis Brown” from the 1963 TV special Folk Songs and More Folk Songs; a rollicking 1976 take on “I Pity the Poor Immigrant” with Joan Baez; a gospel-infused “Blowin’ in the Wind;” an apocalyptically rocking “When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky” with Dylan backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; loving tributes to Johnny Cash and Tony Bennett; a glimpse into the Archive’s film restoration project with never-before-seen footage of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from 1966; and many more treasures.
About the Bob Dylan Center:
The Bob Dylan Center opened in Tulsa, OK in May 2022 as the permanent home of the Bob Dylan Archive. The mission of the Center is to inspire and celebrate fearless creativity by exploring the music and artistry of the Nobel Prize–winning singer-songwriter as a catalyst for personal expression and cultural change.
About Bill Janovitz:
Bill Janovitz is a founding member of the Boston-based band Buffalo Tom, which formed in Northampton in 1986. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told and Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock & Roll History. He has also written two books on the Rolling Stones: Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones and Exile on Main Street.
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