The story of the little album that could, Sam Jones' I Am Trying to Break Your Heart follows the band Wilco on its tortuous, anguished, but ultimately triumphant path to releasing their sublime masterpiece, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

It almost didn't happen. First the mixing went horribly. Then group infighting resulted in the departure of a key band member. Then their record label dropped them. At one point it looked as if they might even have to pay back a hefty recording advance. But what seemed at first like a tragedy ended up an unprecedented stroke of luck. The debt was apologetically canceled, the band sold the album to another label, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot went on to wide success and acclaim.

By his own admission, Jones never expected to capture so much "dramatic gold." I Am Trying to Break Your Heart isn't just a documentary about the making of an album, but a modern-day David and Goliath story in which artistic integrity trumps corporate greed. It's also studded with spectacular live footage. Shot in luminous black-and-white, Jones captures Tweedy & Co. in all of their ragged, alt-country glory, in the end making fools of their former label, and fans of everyone else.