This film was the thesis submission from future director Dash, when she was still a student at the University of California in Los Angeles.
In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Posters on display on walls in the studio include one-sheets for the movies "The Chocolate Soldier" (MGM, 1941) and "Every Day's a Holiday" (Paramount, 1937). Also shown is a still from "The Public Enemy" (Warner Bros., 1931) featuring Mae Clarke and James Cagney.
Julie Dash's debut as a writer and she also directed this film.