the film narrates that when in 1962 pete harjo, the director's grandfather, mysteriously went missing after his car crashed on a rural bridge in sasakwa, oklahoma, members of his seminole and muscogee community searched for him while singing songs of faith and hope that had been passed on for generations, with roots in both scottish hymn lining and african american music. harjo interviews family members and locals, as well as academic experts on the subject including the yale professor willie ruff and rogers state university's hugh foley.