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Mary Wharton. Producer: Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free. Director Mary Wharton is an award-winning storyteller with a passion for music and the stories that connect us all to the power of music.
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Apr 10, 2024 · A little before the start of the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, I spoke by Zoom with director Mary Wharton about her latest documentary, Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (which I also reviewed), which just premiered at the festival.
Mar 20, 2021 · While most of us were busy navigating the major changes to daily life imposed by the pandemic, Mary Wharton made the film that premiered this past Wednesday as the centerpiece of the South by Southwest film festival. The Tallahassee-born filmmaker spent the lockdown months putting together Somewhere You Feel Free , a rare window into the life ...
Oct 18, 2021 · In an exclusive interview, Mary Wharton discusses capturing Tom Petty in the new Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers doc.
Nov 11, 2021 · The director, who had recently received sweeping acclaim for her film Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President, was foundering a bit without a project to engage her, when Tom’s daughter Adria ...
Read our interview with director Mary Wharton, an award-winning filmmaker who has dedicated her career to making music documentaries. Somewhere You Feel Free world premiered on Thursday, March 17 at SXSW Online and was the 2021 SXSW Film Festival’s Centerpiece headliner.
Oct 19, 2021 · Directed by veteran music documentarian Mary Wharton ( Sam Cooke: Legend, Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound, Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President) the 90-minute film incorporates...
