The Man of a Thousand Songs

A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter Ron Hynes an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process the genesis of song the meaning of performance and the vulnerability of an artist compelled to bare his soul through his music The film is comprised of Ron performing his music distinct and live for the camera interwoven with very intimate black box interviews with Ron shot tightly and directly addressed to the camera in which he discusses the songs and the life that informed them late nights dark alleys marriage children divorce his near death and recovery from drug addiction and punctuated with back stage moments insight from the street and Rons nephew author Joel Thomas Hynes taking the role of chorus of the people