The producers decided to remove the interview with Desmond Tutu after his negative remarks regarding Zimbabwe. The director felt his stance in Africa was not in line with the Pan-Africanism the film promotes.
The soundtrack to Motherland was composed by Sona Jobarteh, the sister of Tunde Jegede, the composer of 500 Years Later (2005) (prequel to Motherland).
The Director and the composer claim to have innovated a new kind of 5.1 mixing technical unique to Motherland called "split positioning".
The director claims that just the film intro sequence of the film took 3 months to create.
Motherland is one of the first African Documentaries to be made in full 5.1 Surround Sound.