Best known for his best-selling book Growing Up Absurd, Paul Goodman was a prolific writer, pacifist, philosopher, and gay activist whose progressive ideas and bisexual lifestyle rocked conservative norms and provided a moral compass for America’s disillusioned youth during the turbulent 1960s. By weaving archival footage with interviews from Goodman’s family, peers, and his fiercest critics, director Jonathan Lee explores the illustrious life of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.