影片聚焦布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀打造1982年的著名专辑《Nebraska》时期，作为年轻音乐人的他努力应对成功的压力，和令人困扰的过往。

　　With the region's last source of freshwater buried under a Native American reservation and evil forces angling for control, a convict fighting for her freedom becomes the unlikely protector of a young boy who may have the power to save it.