A documentary on one of Seattle's most celebrated voices. His unique rhythms are filled with humor and pain and his angry, fresh, lyrical writings are about sensitive drifters; people alienated by a society that refuses to understand them.

'I Am Secretly an Important Man' is a portrait of writer and poet Steven J. Bernstein (aka Jesse Bernstein), one of Seattle's most celebrated and troubled voices. His angry, surprisingly fresh, lyrical writings are about sensitive souls, drifters and drug addicts, people alienated by a society that refuses to understand them. Bernstein was an integral part of the legendary Seattle rock scene of the late 80's and early 90s, and in 1991 was dubbed the 'Godfather of Grunge' by the British magazine THE INDEPENDENT.—Anonymous