Stephen Kijak’s documentary about the rock’n’roll outlaws eschews stereotypes to create a nuanced and revealing portrait of the band and, by default, the south. Yes, you get tales of the band’s formation and its rise, beginning with its high school daze. It also chronicles the drugs and the drinking and, of course, the tragic 1977 plane crash that claimed singer Ronnie Van Zandt and two other members of the band. But more than all this, “If I Leave Here Tomorrow” conveys Skynyrd’s devotion to music and how the south and its rough ‘n’ roll surroundings informed the sound, songs and attitude. Archival footage and stellar images of the band practicing endlessly in a rundown cabin in a swamplands filled with gators and mosquitos underscore what the band was all about. Ditto for the old interviews, where the outlaw image and simple-man appeal appears to be anything but manufactured. — John Petkovic