I now know making a film was a mistake financially. The real mistake was shooting interviews on film. Because I had to shoot tons and tons of interviews, because you never know what you're going to get. After all, I didn't go to business school, I went to film school. I worked in China, taught English and saved money.
People tend to think one needs to be rich to spend years abroad.
Especially if one is willing to work along the way, and live like the locals. The bulk of the film was bought on credit cards. And that was not cheap. It cost in the neighborhood of 8 grand, so there was a huge credit card debt and in fact, technically, I still haven't paid it back. This film has been and still is a huge risk.