YouTube Originals to Premiere Tom Petty Doc

YouTube Originals is set to premiere the feature-length documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers on November 11.

Directed by filmmaker Mary Wharton (Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President, Sam Cooke: Legend, Elvis Lives!, The Beatles Revolution), the documentary captures the period of 1993 to 1995, when Petty worked with producer Rick Rubin for the first time on Wildflowers.

The documentary features never-before-seen footage drawn from a newly discovered archive of 16mm film, along with new interviews with Wildflowers co-producer and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and more.

Produced by Peter Afterman with executive producers Dan Braun, Mary Wharton and Adria Petty and presented by Inaudible Films, Warner Music Entertainment and Warner Records, the documentary will be available worldwide on Tom Petty’s YouTube channel.