The Way We Get By had its world premiere at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature.

The Governor of Maine presented Gaudet with a special award recognizing the film.

The film has since been re-aired as part of the America ReFramed series on World channel, another network airing primarily public television programming.

During this trip, Gaudet, Pullapilly, and the three subjects of the film, received a special invitation to meet with Vice President Joseph Biden at the White House.

Gaudet and Pullapilly starting dating when they began making The Way We Get By, their first feature-length film.