The kung fu footage is taken from the "36 Chambers of Shaolin", a classic in Hong Kong action cinema and in Hip-Hop.'Shaolin' is hip-hop slang for Staten Island, home of rappers the Wu-Tang Clan, who have sampled this film dozens of times.

The Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse footage is taken from cartoons in the public domain.

The CUNY Pipeline Program is designed to provide educational and financial support to underrepresented CUNY undergraduates interested in pursuing the Ph.D. in preparation for college-level teaching and advanced research in any discipline except law and medicine. The CUNY Pipeline Program seeks to recruit students from groups currently underrepresented in our nation’s Universities. These mini-docs focus on the students who made up the 2008-2009 class.