Ukubulela Abafileyo Baye baba ngumqondiso wenkcubeko yokwenyani eUnited States, amashumi eminyaka bephawula isizukulwana sonke ngexesha lentshukumo yeehippie phakathi kweminyaka engamashumi amathandathu kunye nasekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe. Namhlanje, isiqingatha senkulungwane emva kwesikhumbuzo sokusekwa kweqela, i-documentary malunga nale band iya kwenziwa, eya kuveliswa nguMartin Scorsese.
Kweli thuba njengomvelisi, Scorsese Uza kungena kwakhona kwihlabathi labadlali berock, njengoko ebenzile ngaphambili, ekhokela iifilimu ezininzi malunga neenkwenkwezi ezinjengoBob Dylan, uGeorge Harrison kunye neRolling Stones. Uxwebhu olutsha luza kukhokelwa ngu-Israel-American Amir Bar-Lev, umenzi wefilimu owayesalathisa ngaphambili amaxwebhu Ibali leTillman kunye neMy Kid Can Paint That. Ngokutsho kwabavelisi bayo, ifilimu iya kuqokelela imifanekiso engazange ibonwe ngaphambili yeqela, kunye nodliwano-ndlebe lwakutsha nje kunye namalungu eqela.
Amalungu aphilayo ebhendi yasentsomini, uMickey Hart, uBill Kreutzmann, uPhil Lesh noBob Weir babhengeze ngemveliso entsha: "Izigidi zamabali ziye zaxelelwa malunga nabafileyo abanombulelo, yiyo loo nto ngoku ukuba isikhumbuzo sethu se-50 siyeza, ndiye ndacinga ukuba iya kuba lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuzixelela kwaye u-Amir ngoyena mntu ufanelekileyo ukuba asincede. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, siyayivuyela intsebenziswano kaMartin Scorsese... Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 siya kuba lelinye inyathelo elibalulekileyo ukuvuyisana nabalandeli bethu, esingenako ukulinda ukwabelana nabo ngale filimu”.