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New Wave

Documentary in Production

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.


Director, Producer, Writer: Elizabeth Ai

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"New wave has been in my life for as long as I can remember. It was the soundtrack to my childhood. While this music was really my aunt’s and uncles’, who were in their late teens and twenties, growing up with them meant it was ever-present in our home, and my grandparents hated everything it represented in this era of excess." 

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New Wave: A Conversation with Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai On Her Documentary 

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           by Eric Brightwell

READ MORE IN THE NEWS

New Wave: A Conversation with Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai On Her Documentary 

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           by Eric Brightwell

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