This inspirational biographical film begins with Belafonte's birth into poverty in Harlem in 1927, and childhood years in Jamaica, sent there by his immigrant mother.

Director Susanne Rostock takes the viewer through his discovery of theater and training as an actor as a young man, and on to his career and success as a singer.

On January 10, 2012, REACT to FILM screened Sing Your Song at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, NY, and moderated a Q&A with Belafonte.

[8] In a review of the film, critic Philip French described it in The Observer as "a skilfully compiled celebratory biography", writing: "This excellent film, eloquently narrated by its octogenarian subject in that wonderfully husky voice, carefully balances an account of his career in showbusiness with his 50-year commitment to civil and human rights in America and around the world, not just for fellow African-Americans but for Native Americans, Hispanics and people throughout Africa....[Belafonte] emerges at the end as a man of bravery and probity, a formidable contributor and witness to his times.

"[9] The Hollywood Reporter observed: "Susanne Rostock's Sing Your Song, which views the extraordinary career of entertainer Harry Belafonte through the prism of his tireless social activism, is less a true documentary than a call to action for viewers to emulate the singer’s example.