It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but she likes it

China Daily 25 March 2103
New York filmmaker Maya E. Rudolph believes Beijing’s rock scene is unique. Caroline Berg in New York finds out why she was inspired to make a movie about it.
In 2006, New York native Maya E. Rudolph went to Beijing and found Chinese rock ‘n’ roll. In 2012, she returned to make a film about it.
Now, Rudolph’s short, Iceberg, is in post-production. The 25-year-old aims to get her project on the independent film festival circuit and, from there, gain enough financial support to finally produce a full-length version of her story.
“This is a world that is very important to me,” says Rudolph, a writer and filmmaker. “To me, (Chinese rock ‘n’ roll) represents this kind of spirit that is very rare to come across in New York.”
In support of her cause, Rudolph last fall submitted her project to Kickstarter, an increasingly popular platform that allows producers of creative projects to tap the online crowd for funding. According to Kickstarter’s website, 44 percent of projects have reached their funding goals, since the platform was launched in April 2009.
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