The family is transformed by advances in European culture and through its relations with Arabs, though maintaining their unique religious practices.
At the close of World War II, there were 36,000 Jews in Libya, though due to rising Arab nationalism almost all left in the next several years.
[2] Director Vivienne Roumani was inspired by her eldest son Aryeh Bourkoff's request for something about the family history that he could show to his children some day.
Vivienne Roumani travelled around the world to interview several generations of her family in English, Hebrew, Italian and Arabic in order to make the film.
The Sundance Channel executive Larry Aidem, an acquaintance of Bourkoff, helped put him in contact with Amanda Zinoman, who edited the film.