The film focuses on biographer
Robert Caro and his editor, the documentarian's father
Robert Gottlieb, as they work methodically to complete the final, fifth volume of Caro's
Lyndon Johnson biography. The pair, both in their late 80s, had worked together for five decades, starting with Caro's biography of
Robert Moses,
The Power Broker, and continuing through Caro's first four volumes about
Lyndon B. Johnson. Its story is focused on the interplay between writer and editor as they work to finish the fifth book rather than a history of their lives. The film features interviews with politicians and media personalities. == Production ==