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YouTube Originals is bolstering its originals slate with a slew of unscripted orders including the acquisition of a Tom Petty feature documentary.

Tom Petty’s estate has released three previously unheard songs by the artist to commemorate what would have been his 73rd birthday.The artist died in 2017 at the age of 66, having suffered a cardiac arrest.The estate has reissued Petty’s 2010 blues album with The Heartbreakers, ‘Mojo’, with two new songs added to it called ‘Help Me’ and ‘Mystery Of Love’. According to Petty, ‘Mojo’ was “where the band lives when it’s playing for itself.”Meanwhile, the other new song, ‘What’s The Matter With Louise’, was recorded around the same time as the songs from Petty’s 1994 album ‘Wildflowers’.

On Tuesday, the 28th SXSW Film Festival revealed the winners of this year’s Audience Awards.

The film lineup for the virtual 2021 SXSW festival includes 75 features and 57 world premieres, with the fest's headliner screenings consisting of all nonfiction titles focusing on musicians. Acting as the centerpiece screening will beTom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free from director Mary Wharton, who drew from a newly discovered archive of 16mm film showing the late singer at work on his 1994 record Wildflowers.

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals have revealed the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival — and it will all take place online March 16-20.

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals have revealed the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival — and it will all take place online March 16-20.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThere’s a moment in Mary Wharton’s “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President” that looks downright surreal — at least, in light of the bombs-away culture-war politics that have come to rule our own era. It’s Jan.

Exploring the intersection of Jimmy Carter’s presidency and the rock and roll music that he was so fond of, Mary Wharton’s unfussy portrait of Carter, “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President” is a vibrant film that highlights the importance of music in Carter’s life, and how he used culture (or what others in the film calls ‘soft power’) as president.

Also Read: CNN Films Acquires 'Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President' DocumentaryThe documentary was created by the award-winning director Mary Wharton, producer Chris Farrell, and writer Bill Flanagan. The film will be released in theaters this September.“When Chris and Mary came to Plains to show the film to me and my family, it was entertaining and emotional for all of us.

CNN Films has acquired the North American broadcast rights to Mary Wharton's Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President, a feature rockumentary about the U.S. president's passion for musical genres that helped propel him from Georgia to the White House.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCNN Films has acquired North American broadcast rights to the Mary Wharton-directed documentary Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President. The film produced by Chris Farrell and written by Bill Flanagan. The docu was originally set to open the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival will open with the world premiere of the documentary Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President, it was announced Monday (Feb. 17).

The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival will open with the world premiere of the documentary Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President, it was announced today.The film, directed by Mary Wharton, illustrates the role of popular music and Carter's passion for it in helping propel the Georgia peanut farmer to the White House.