Rock the Bells

A definitive document of contemporary hip hop culture, ROCK THE BELLS is the story of the 2004 Rock the Bells Festival in San Bernardino, California. Personifying the fierce independence and Do-It-Yourself spirit of the Hip Hop generation, entrepreneur Chang Weisberg puts everything (his reputation, his sanity, his family, his mortgage) on the line for his impossible dream of reuniting genre superstars and notorious no-shows the Wu-Tang Clan. Furiously paced and rich with multiple narratives, ROCK THE BELLS follows Weisberg and his guerilla production team as they fight for the arrival of all nine, storied Wu-Tang members, battle-broken equipment and overwhelmed security, attempt to control the riotous crowd in the over-heated, overcrowded venue and deliver the history-making show they have promised. The film also features performances by Redman, Dilated Peoples, MC Supernatural, Sage Francis, Eyedea + Abilities, Chali 2na and DJ NuMark. ROCK THE BELLS was directed and produced by Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly, the team behind the hip hop documentary hits Beef, Beef 2, Thug Angel, and The Freshest Kids.

"The last scheduled concert of the original Wu-Tang Clan is the subject of Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly's lively and amusing docu, ROCK THE BELLS" A paean to indie ingenuity, pic follows dedicated music promoter Chang Weisberg and his team as they juggle mountains of seemingly unsolvable problems at their 2004 Rock the Bells concert, an all-day affair in San Bernardino, Calif., featuring several cutting-edge artists and scheduled to culminate with the Clan. Between the out-there acts and the never-ending comedy of errors in the wings, docu should rock in limited release, appealing to devotees and the uninitiated alike." (Ronnie Sheib, Variety)

Watch the trailer here: http://www.rockthebellsmovie.com/trailer.html