In Canada*s history, there are few people who signified the nation*s modern confidence in its arts more than Gordon Lightfoot. This singer-songwriter*s singular talent in music changed the world*s opinion of Canada*s culture with his tremendous variety of songs that both celebrated the nation and touched its soul. Sparing moxia nothing about Lightfoot*s personal weaknesses and failures as well as his triumphs, this film covers Lightfoot*s career from his own words and his closest associates with recordings of his greatest hits.