joe: but what gibel or few others knew about soskin was that her early life was filled with music. she invited him over to hear the songs she'd written and sang in the '50s and '60s. bryan: and when she put on the first song, i was completely stunned. ♪ little boy black. ♪ ♪ little boy black. ♪♪ bryan: so betty had kept her music in a plastic bin in the back of one of her closets on old reel-to-reel format tapes for probably 50 years. and i was able to get a reel-to-reel player and fix it up. i brought it over here and filmed with betty when she listened to those songs for the first time in decades. ♪ watch the storm race through. ♪♪ bryan: and so i knew immediately i wanted to make a feature-length documentary about her music and the stories behind it. betty: many of you know me as a park ranger. but there's a part of my life that i've kept hidden for half a century. joe: gibel began creating a film about soskin's life called, "sign my name to freedom," the title of soskin's memoir. bryan: she eventually did sing again, backed up by a full symphony orchestra and a