Lee had by then completed two films, one about Alzheimer's and another about Asian families in the United States, after which she cast about for subject matter for her first documentary.
此時她已完成兩部分別紀錄罹患阿茲海默症的老人及東方家庭在美國的生活紀錄短片，正想著手製作第一部紀錄長片。