An unveiling of social unrest and the struggle to be free underscored by 300 years of music from the drum beats of Haiti to Blues to rap. This is the story of a journey as told by songs of life, asking the ultimate question "how far have we come?" Director Jon Brewer (B.B. King: The Life of Riley) defragments the history of blues music and the plight of the people in America's deep south, bringing the story of blues to life with interviews, musical performances and sweeping landscapes featuring Morgan Freeman, Chuck Berry, Bill Wyman, B.B. King and Carlos Santana.