Nigun, Chasidic song, maintains a central place in Chasidic life. Each of the Rebbes, from the Baal Shem Tov through the seventh, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, composed, taught, or sang Nigunim expressing their own unique style and personality.

Nigunim of the Rebbeim features an archival film selection of eleven Nigunim, sung in the presence of the seventh Rebbe, with documentary introductions exploring each song's history and context.