Qetiq - Rock N Urumchi - The Discovery of Perhat (DVD) Dreyer Gaido Documentary for $20.02

Description: Urumchi - capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China and home to the Turkic people the Uyghurs is the departure point for this film. The city which is marked by the ambivalence between its Uyghur tradition and global modernity is home to the musician Perhat who like many other musicians from the region had no ideas about ever leaving the city. This film by Mukaddas Mijit is about music that is caught up in the tension between tradition and modernity. Mukaddas Mijit is an Uyghur ethnomusicologist and filmmaker. A Han blogger wrote about Perhat saying He is bringing sincerity and honesty to all of us and this is what our utilitarian society lacks the most.