The True Story follows the life of Bert Millard, the lead singer of the Christian Band MercyMe, who loses his Father to Cancer and inspires him to write the Mega-hit song, I Can Only Imagine

Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.