The film opened in one cinema in New York City, but was never commercially distributed in the USA until it finally received an official release in both DVD and Blu-ray formats by Severin Films on October 25, 2016.
Director Sheldon Renan suffered from depression for about a year after he finished this film. Editor Lee Percy likewise was severely traumatized for several years from his work on this movie.
The film was notable for featuring a striking movie poster which featured a cartoonish black-and-white line-drawing of New York's Statue of Liberty being shot and crouching downwards.
The filmmakers paid $20,000 dollars in order to rent Abraham Zapruder's iconic footage of John F. Kennedy's assassination so it could be included in this movie.
The film is "among the most controversial documentaries in the history of cinema" according to Simon Laperrière at the Fantasia Festival website.