Portrait of an artist as a young man. Roughly chronological, using archival footage intercut with recent interviews, a story takes shape of Bob Dylan's (b. 1941) coming of age from 1961 to 1966 as a singer, songwriter, performer, and star. He takes from others: singing styles, chord changes, and rare records. He keeps moving: on stage, around New York City and on tour, from Suze Rotolo to Joan Baez and on, from songs of topical witness to songs of raucous independence, from folk to rock. He drops the past. He refuses, usually with humor and charm, to be simplified, classified, categorized, or finalized: always becoming, we see a shapeshifter on a journey with no direction home.

Program content : Spitfire Holdings Inc., Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Grey Water Park Productions, Inc., c2005. "A Martin Scorsese picture"--Container. Full screen format. Special features : Unused promotional spot for "Positively 4th Street" ; "I can't leave her behind" - work in progress in hotel room, Glasgow, May 19, 1966 ; Rare Bob Dylan performances from 1963-1966.

Blowin' in the wind -- Girl of the north country -- Man of constant sorrow -- Mr. Tambourine Man -- Love minus zero/No limit -- Like a rolling stone -- One too many mornings.