The documentary was the first project of Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin's Sandollar Productions not to feature Parton (having previously produced her A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) and Dolly (1987)). Subsequent projects from their company included Steve Martin's Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), and Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020) trilogy, Shining Through (1992), Sabrina (1995), I.Q. (1994), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
In 2024, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".