A documentary about Bay Area singer, songwriter, and activist for peace and social justice, Malvina Reynolds. Her well-known original songs include "Little Houses" made popular by Pete Seeger in the 1960's and used as the theme song on the hit TV show "Weeds". Her songs have been recorded by Harry Bellafonte, Joan Baez, and Marianne Faithful, among others. Pete Seeger introduced one of her songs in his Carnegie Hall Concert from 1963, referring to her as a songwriter who "writes a song before breakfast" alluding to her prolific output.