This documentary adopts a unique approach to international co-production. Under the theme "History Illuminates the Future—My Museum Story," numerous documentary production teams from the BRICS countries submitted proposals. Ultimately, each country selected one team with outstanding planning capabilities and strong creative potential. These five teams then carried out their productions simultaneously within the same timeframe. As the initiator of this co-production, the Chinese side formed both a creative team and an international production team, maintaining full-process communication with the other participating teams. Throughout key stages such as research and planning, pre-production filming, rough cuts, and final edits, the Chinese team ensured a clear understanding of each team's progress and potential challenges—without interfering with their creative processes.

The 2nd BRICS Jointly Produced and Broadcast Documentary Project takes “History Illuminates the Future - My Museum Story” as its theme. This project selects five directors from the five BRICS countries, each tasked with filming a museum in their home nation: Brazil’s Inhotim Museum, Russia’s Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, India’s City Palace Museum, China’s Liangzhu Museum, and South Africa’s Heart of Cape Town Museum. From their unique perspectives, the five documentary directors examine the museums that carry their respective nations’ historical and cultural heritage, showcasing the inheritance and exchanges of civilizations across different BRICS countries and regions through the lens of ordinary people.​ The documentary was broadcast on August 19, 2023, during the 15th BRICS Summit held by BRICS leaders in Johannesburg, South Africa. It premiered on CGTN English Channel and was subsequently rebroadcast three times on CGTN Documentary Channel.

Six promotional short videos for the BRICS documentary History Illuminates the Future—My Museum Story were released on major new media platforms, with one episode published daily from August 18 to August 23, 2023. As of August 24, they had accumulated 5.55 million global views, 5.18 million unique user visits, 7,194 total interactions, and 1.18 million video views.