The directing collective consists of seven filmmakers and journalists (Cathy Chu, Iris Kwong, Ip Kar Man, Huang Yuk-kwok, Evie Cheung, Han Yan Yuen and Jen Lee) who banded together during the movement and worked in pairs to follow each character throughout the year-long protest. It was a guerilla response to the explosion of events that happened that summer of 2019 and quickly formed this leaderless collaborative that continued on to complete the film.