The film screened at a number of international festivals alongside Oscar contenders later that year.
[2] In late 2011, Spong completed the feature documentary All the Way Through Evening, about music composed in New York's East Village during the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Spong and the film's main subject (elderly concert pianist Mimi Stern-Wolfe) were invited as guests of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on World AIDS Day 2011 as part of an annual event held at Gracie Mansion.
[3] All the Way Through Evening opened theatrically to critical acclaim and four-star reviews in Australia on 29 November 2012.
The film charts a year in the life of Westbeth Artists Community in New York City and profiles the lives of three ageing artists, including iconic Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham dancer Dudley Williams.