Peter Case: A Million Miles Away

[Plays March 11 and 12 as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; for information, log on to https://sbiff.org/.] Fred Parnes' entertaining, captivating, in-depth, insightful, well-paced, 84-minute documentary that examines the life and tumultuous, Grammy-nominated career of talented singer/musician Peter Case and consists of archival film footage and photographs, recording clips, show performance snippets, and commentary by legendary music artist Peter Case, musicians/songwriters (such as Jeff Davis, Jake Lee, Chuck Prophet, Marvin Etzioni, John Lombardo, and Victoria Williams), punk rock historian Brian Sigala, authors/journalists Denise Sullivan and Paul Zollo, activist/historian "Phast Preddie" Patterson, Omnivore Records co-founder Greg Allen, producer/manager Steven Soles, radio host/music supervisor Gary Calamar, Geffen Records founder David Geffen, songwriter/producer Andrew Williams, Valley Girl director Martha Coolidge, musician/childhood friend Mark Winsick, musician/composer Willie Aron, and radio DJ/manager Hobart Taylor, and music producers Mitchell Froom T-Bone Burnett, and Sheldon Gomberg.
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