The film is the second in a trilogy by Menora Hazani, a former resident of Homesh, presenting the point of view of Israeli settlers. She filmed the first of the trilogy, "It Happened After the Spring" (2001) before graduating from the Ma'aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts; "The Skies are Closer in Homesh" (2004) and "Arise From the Dust" (2005), recounting the evacuation of the settlement, followed. "The Skies are Closer in Homesh" documents the early years of Hazani's marriage and the birth of her first child at Homesh. Shortly after she moved to the isolated settlement, three residents were killed in terrorist attacks, and a month later, four members of the Gavish family were murdered. The film explores the plight of Israeli settlers in the West Bank and their yearning for the Messianic redemption.