Justin Townes Earle

優等生でスポーツ万能な学生ニック。父デヴィッドにとっては自慢の息子であり、父と再婚相手カレンの間に生まれた幼い弟と妹にとっても良き兄だった彼は、ふとしたはずみでドラッグに手を出してしまう。最初は軽い気持ちだったが、気づいたときには底なしの泥沼から抜け出せなくなっていた。そんなニックの深刻な薬物依存を知ったデヴィッドは、息子の更正を信じて彼のリハビリを懸命にサポートするのだったが…。

On the 38th anniversary of the seminal music documentary, Heartworn Highways - a film that explored and captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw Country movement in the mid-70s - this followup documentary celebrates the authenticity and expresses the feelings of the legendary original, via a community of contemporary "outlaws" living and creating music in Nashville, Tennessee.

In her documentary Country Roads Marieke Schroeder embarks on a search for the authentic America - a country at a turning-point. It is a search for the substantial: the morale, the pioneering spirit that holds the nation and its population together in crisis. We meet the young generation of American singer-songwriters who consider themselves as successors of Country-rebels such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Steve Earle. They despair of themselves and their homeland and at the same time are full of hope, full of faith. Country Music opens up our view of the soul of the American nation and lets us rediscover the land and the music.

A musical documentary film about the politically minded singer/songwriter Steve Earle.