Maverick. Auteur. Rebel. Innovator. Story Teller. Rambler. Gambler. Mad-man. Familyman. Director. Artist. Livelihood and robert Altman's life contained multitudes. This father of American independent theatre left an indelible mark on the development of his art form, but also on the zeitgeist. "Altman", Canadian director Ron Mann's new documentary, investigates and celebrates the epic fifty-year redemptive journey of a few of the most critical and influential filmmakers in the history of the medium. With its usage of picture clips that are representative interviews that are rare, archival images, and musings from his family and collaborators that are most recognizable, Mann's Altman can be actually a lively and heart felt mediation within a artist whose saying, fire and hunger knew few boundaries.