The film focuses on the musician's process of crafting his seminal country-folk album, Nebraska.
White, who has blue eyes, wore specially hand-painted brown contact lenses with small weights for close-up shots to match Springsteen's eye colour.
He described the unusual experience of wearing the contacts, which required eye drops every 20 minutes, and how his eldest daughter was initially upset by the change.
Springsteen has been supportive of the project, watching some of White's performance on set and acknowledging his role as an interpreter.