The clarinetist played in Pasadena, Calif., at the 1949 Rose Bowl as a member of the Northwestern University Marching Band. Four years later, Paynter ’50, ’51 MMus became the band director at age 23.

“After his hard-nosed father, Irv, died in 2003, Favre had nobody to tell him ‘no.’ Slowly, he began to go off the rails.” The documentary will also examine allegations that Favre ...