On the age of 20, Patti Smith arrives in New York and upsets the codes of rock, poetry, and style. She has develop into a residing legend with out ever leaving the sidelines. A poet, actress, and musician. Additionally militant. An artist with a thousand lives, now 74 years outdated. The documentary follows the course of Patti Smith's life. Childhood first, and the artist who says: "I needed to be somebody particular. I felt distant. Not simply from different youngsters, I felt removed from the entire world. I spent my childhood in suppose I used to be an alien. " Little Patti grew up in rural New Jersey and obtained a spiritual training from her Jehovah's Witness mom. However Patti Smith leaves the motion, which doesn't go well with her creative inclinations.