Dave Alvin
One of the true originals of American country music, Californian-born Merle Haggard has always felt and expressed America's contradictions in his life and his songs. Gandulf Hennig's film traces his life, from vagrant and prison inmate to the Nixon poster boy of Okie from Muskogee to outspoken critic of the Bush era. Featuring archive and interviews with Merle and his family.