Song of Phoenix to hit screens 2 years after director's death

Two years after prominent filmmaker Wu Tianming's death, his last directorial work will debut in the country's cinemas on Friday.

Wu, 74, died of a heart attack in Beijing on March 4, 2014, just a month after he finished Song of Phoenix.

The film revolves around an elderly suona (double-reed horn) performer's aim to pass on the art form amid its falling popularity in modern China.