A musician who got his big break during the 60s British Invasion is the star of a new documentary playing in Stratford.
Stratford Film Festival are hosting three screenings of Peter Asher: Everywhere Man, on Friday and Saturday at city hall auditorium.
Directed by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, the doc dives into the career of Asher, a singer popular the 1960s as one half of Peter and Gordon, a pop duo known for hits, including A World Without Love, I Go To Pieces and Lady Godiva.
Asher’s career grew from singer to producer and artist manager. He shaped the sounds of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and Diana Ross, according to the festival’s website.
Festival director Megan Smith Harris said the documentary was made after Geller and Goldfine saw Asher perform a one-man show in San Francisco.
“It enraptured them for two hours,” said Harris.
“He talked about the trajectory of his life from child actor to Peter and Gordon to gallery owner to producer to writer, and halfway through the show, they turned to each other and were like ‘can we make a film out of this’?”
Harris said the Stratford screenings are the second in Canada, with the documentary to open theatrically later in the month.
The documentary airs Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.
