The Sound and the City
Wei Xiaobo
Release year: 2010
Run time: 86 min
Film type: Documentary
Synopsis
Yuwan City on the outskirts of Changsha is the birthplace of Hunan rock and roll. This film documents the rock bands from here, and their unique regional characteristics.
Director biography
Wei Xiaobo was born in Shandong in the early 1980s and now lives in Hunan. He has made documentaries since 2005.
Director's statement
I came to Hunan in 2003 and started to get in touch with the rock bands here. In 2005, I started shooting them. By the time I edited the material in 2009, most of the bands filmed had disbanded.