One thing to know about filmmaker Allen Farst is he’s a go-getter. As a teenager, that drive earned him a spot as quarterback for the Vandalia Butler High School football team. Most recently his ambition has served him well as the director of the award-winning documentary, “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man.”

Before Farst had secured a distributor for that film about the longtime keyboardist for the Rolling Stones…

Dayton director leads documentary to mark NFL's 100th anniversary

It all begins with an idea.