In 2002, at age 16, she moved with her family to Kfar Shmaryahu, a local council within the Tel Aviv District ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale.

She became a professional video editor and has created many short films,[7] music videos for Israeli singers (such as Eran Tzur, Michal Amdursky and Noam Nevo) and films for various political NGOs, including a short work for the "Free Israel" association ("ישראל חופשית"), which promotes civil marriage in Israel.

[9] After several weeks of searching to no avail for a new apartment within reach of her film-editing job, Leef discovered that the rental prices in the entire Tel Aviv metropolitan area had doubled in the previous five years.

She revealed that she received an exemption from the army for having epilepsy but had volunteered in a children's shelter, and that she had not slept in the Rothschild Boulevard tents the preceding week.

The documentary movie uses news clips and Leef's own video footage, as she looks back on the turbulent period in 2011 when she was transformed from a somewhat naive young woman into a celebrated and controversial national icon.

[20][21] On 20 July 2011, Im Tirtzu announced it would no longer take part in the housing protests because the New Israel Fund and anti-Zionist left-wing groups were being directly involved.

"[23] In an interview with the Israeli radio network Galei Tzahal on 3 August 2011, Leef referred to the "tent representation" group, which seeks to democratically replace the leadership of the housing protest: "It hurts me, things have been said about my character, I hope it would be resolved.

"[24] On 3 November 2011, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Leef and partner Stav Shaffir decided to officially establish a fund so that they could fundraise money to pay for the continuing efforts.