We started this film back in 2023, beginning with interviews and gathering all the B-roll that would help bring the story to life. What seemed at first like a straightforward project quickly became a much longer journey. It took us a couple of years to complete all the filming, and along the way we wrestled with one big creative question: should this story be guided by a narrator, or should the people who lived it tell it themselves?

In the end, we chose to let the interviews carry the film. It felt more honest, more personal, and truer to the voices that shaped this story .

Then came the editing — which, as anyone who’s worked on a documentary knows, is where the story really reveals itself. That process took another year, as we sifted through countless hours of footage, finding not just the facts, but the heart of the story.

We completed the film in the spring of 2026, and looking back, it became much more than a project for us. It turned into a real labor of love — one shaped by patience, discovery, and a deep belief that this story deserved to be remembered and shared.