A Few Kind Words tells the tragic yet hopeful tale of two labor union organizers coping with the loss of a friend and and adversary. Together they struggle to find the right words to eulogize a man whose approaches to life and relationships represent the painful contradictions between a vision for the world as it should be, and the personal demons that often stand in the way of fulfilling that vision. In the process, they uncover some important truths about what happens when the paths of other people touch ours.