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A feature-length documentary about the sometimes unsettling but always fascinating world of the song-poem industry. In this little-known subcultulture, ordinary people send in their heartfelt, but often bizarre, poems to companies that—for a fee—turn them into full-fledged musical productions. Advertising in the back of magazines, these companies lure the would-be songwriters with promises of fame and fortune. This peculiar concotion of American commerse, musicianship, and poetic longing created oddly compelling songs that are unlike anything you’ve ever heard. Off the Charts: Song-Poem Story explores the lives and dreams of the songwriters and musicians who operation within this strange world.