Keeper of the Beat is a feature-length autobiographical documentary in which Barbara Borden, an acclaimed 61-year-old drummer, composer, teacher and peacemaker, tells her story in words and music. Weaving a variety of performance and achival footage with interviews with a range of noted artists and thinkers, students, family and friends who know Barbara and the social history of her times, Keeper of the Beat showcases the unfolding of her identity as a world musician.