Set against the backdrop of the 1960s through the end of the
Vietnam War, Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune traces the life
and music of singer songwriter Phil Ochs, who committed suicide
in 1976. Ochs was a driven artist and activist who sense of
social justice was at times in conflict with his desire for
recognition, a tragic American hero with a history of bipolar
disorder whose life and work was deeply enmeshed with the
cultural and political tapestry of his time.