SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Sioux Falls punk rock scene of the '80s and '90s is more than demos and posters collecting dust in closets.

The all-age music scene is an undocumented piece of the city's history, said Brian Bieber. So, he took it upon himself to document it.

Bieber is the director of "I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk," a documentary exploring the punk rock, music-for-all-ages scene of the '80s and '90s in Sioux Falls and its influence on the teenagers who set up the shows and made the scene so successful, the Argus Leader reported.

"There are a lot of people who are movers and shakers in Sioux Falls right now that had a connection to that scene," Bieber said. "It's a good history lesson, but I also think it's a good reminder to people you don't have to follow the path that's prescribed to you. There aren't a lot of rules if you don't want there to be."

Sound Unseen, a Minneapolis-based film festival, is virtually screening the documentary Dec. 4 through Dec. 6. It was planned to include a Q&A with Bieber and Brienne Maner, co-producer of the film and Bieber's wife. Proceeds from the screening will be donated to the Children's Inn, Bieber said.

The documentary started when Bieber, 41, had a conversation with a friend about how the music scene impacted old acquaintances and friends. It was a young community of punk rock rebels turned into independent and skeptical adults who are forging their own paths inspired from the music scene of their youth.

"A lot of it was that we had to make it ourselves. The scene was made up of kids who weren't playing sports or doing the things where structures were in place for us already," Bieber said. "So, when we found this music, it was a natural thing we became independent-minded because you already sort of had to be. You couldn't look to adults for help because adults weren't interested."

"I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk" is a documentary exploring the punk rock, music for all ages scene of the '80s and '90s in Sioux Falls and its influence.

The teenagers were the force behind the music scene — filling not only the seats for concerts, but playing in the bands and helping organize the shows. Once the kids involved got a taste of such independence early on in life, it was tough not to find and use that as adults.

In fact, the documentary was made out of that same mindset — no one else was going to document it for them, so Bieber did it himself.

"There should be some sort of testament for what happened," he said. "If we didn't do it, no one else was going to do it."

It took about two years for Bieber to finish the project, juggling interviews and production along with his full-time job at Fresh Produce advertising agency and caring for his wife and their 3-year-old daughter.

The documentary spans eight cities and interviews dozens of people about their role in the music scene, including Total Drag owners Liz and Dan Nissen. The couple is a prime example of how the former punk rockers are creating spaces for today's kids to create their own music, echoing the environment and creative atmosphere they were part of, Bieber said.

Aside from the interviews and history, the music is pretty good, too, Bieber joked.

The film is also available for purchase through the documentary's website.