New Wave
Director/Producer: Elizabeth Ai
Executive Producer: Diane Quon
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New Wave is a historical coming-of-age documentary about displaced Vietnamese refugee youth who fled their country by boat and then in the 1980s redefined their identities in suburban Orange County, California, through New Wave music.
Through intimate accounts from Southern Californian Vietnamese music industry veterans, viewers will learn of how they healed and transformed by building a raucous music scene that the Vietnamese diaspora and fans worldwide still celebrate today, nearly 40 years later.
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“My favorite Tribeca music documentary was a homespun affair: Elizabeth Ai’s ‘New Wave,’ a soft scream of a film about ’80s Vietnamese diaspora culture and style.” | Natalia Winkelman, The New York Times
New Wave: A Conversation with Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai On Her Documentary | Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, August 2020