 After rocker Kurt Cobain s death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain s aunt who provides home movies and recordings, the estranged father of Cobain s widow Courtney Love, an L.A. private investigator who worked for Love, a nanny for Kurt and Courtney s child, friends and lovers of both, and others. Although Love won t talk to him and his inquiries lose him financial backing, he comes to believe the coroner s verdict. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.