This film was shot exclusively on three iPhone 5s smartphones, along with the Moondog Labs' anamorphic clip on lens and a $8 app, FiLMiC Pro in addition to Steadicam Smoothee Mounts. Director Sean Baker revealed this at the Sundance Film Festival.
Mya Taylor, in an radio interview with Terry Gross, revealed that, much like her character Alexandra, she had worked as a prostitute in Hollywood.
The title of the movie was chosen as a reference to the striking color of the Los Angeles sky at sunset.
Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez were already friends in real life before the production started.
The film was shot while co-lead Mya Taylor was first starting to take female hormones. This fact made it into the film and was acknowledged, when Sin-Dee notices and remarks that Alexandra has finally grown breasts, with the latter replying that the estrogen has really kicked in recently.