Kuonga Vakafa Vanga vari chiratidzo chechokwadi chetsika muUnited States, kwemakumi emakore vachiratidzira chizvarwa chese munguva yekufamba kwemahippie pakati pekupedzisira makumi matanhatu nekutanga makumi manomwe. Nhasi, hafu yezana remakore mushure megore rekuumbwa kweboka, gwaro richaitwa pamusoro pebhendi iro richave nemugadziri asiri mumwe kunze kwaMartin Scorsese.
Mumukana uyu semugadziri, Scorsese Achapinda zvakare munyika yevatambi verock, sezvaakamboita nekutungamira akawanda mafirimu enyeredzi vakaita saBob Dylan, George Harrison naThe Rolling Stones. Gwaro idzva richatungamirwa neIsrael-American Amir Bar-Lev, director akambotungamira zvinyorwa The Tillman Story uye My Kid Could Paint That. Sekureva kwevagadziri vayo, iyo firimu ichaunganidza isina kumbobvira yaonekwa mifananidzo yeboka, pamwe nekubvunzurudzwa kwazvino nenhengo dzeboka.
Nhengo mhenyu dzebhendi rengano, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh naBob Weir vakataura nezve kugadzirwa kutsva: “Mamirioni enyaya akaudzwa nezveVakafa Vanoonga, ndokusaka iko zvino kusvitsa kwedu makore makumi mashanu kwave kuuya, ndafunga kuti ingave nguva yakanaka yekuzvitaura isu uye Amir ndiye mukomana akakwana kuti atibatsire. Hazvina basa kutaura, isu tinofara nekubatana kwaMartin Scorsese ... Mhemberero yemakore makumi mashanu ichave rimwe danho rakakura kupemberera nevateveri vedu, vatisingagone kumirira kugovera iyi firimu ".