'Witnessing Headlines' took almost four years to finish. The film had only two people working on every stage of the filmmaking process. The film was edited at the home of the filmmakers in Santa Barbara California. The film had many cuts. One of them got into the Caribbean international film in Barbados. Instead of taking part in the festival. The filmmakers found themselves helping the other filmmakers get their films back because they were taken hostage. The theater would not release the films because the director of the festival did not pay them and the festival was a scam. The director was arrested in Barbados.
In November 2008 the filmmakers home was damaged in a huge wild fire in Santa Barbara California.The computer was saved along with the film but the filmmakers we not able to return to their home.
Eight months after the fire when all the copyrights issues were being worked out Michael Jackson tragically died at his home.