After viewing the film, VidAngel suggested using it as a "concept pilot" to test interest for a larger series. It eventually helped launch the largest crowdfunded media project in history.
The film reimagines the Nativity story through the eyes of a fictional, marginalized character to make the familiar narrative feel "fresh and real".
Jenkins filmed the short on a friend’s farm in Marengo, Illinois, following what he described as his "biggest career failure" with the film The Resurrection of Gavin Stone .