A frustrated filmmaker who is captivated by Emily Dickinson’s poetry searches for “flashes of insight” beyond those offered by experts such as actress Julie Harris and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. He turns to shrinks, a stand-up comic, a rock band and dozens of actresses who recite poems and improvise Dickinsonian answers to questions about God, death and love—resulting in a playful rethinking of the elusive belle of Amherst.