Took the director Kevin Triplett 12 years to complete. [From the film's producer: There were several reasons for this: it was the director's first full-length movie, the team interviewed over 125 people to uncover as much of the story as possible (Blaze had many groups of friends and led a compartmentalized life), the editing computer was stolen half-way through the project, a fire took out some of the editing equipment and even a projector mishap right before the film's premiere at SXSW in 2009 caused the screening to be canceled.]