Elizabeth Ai

director, “New Wave” documentary; author of “New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora”

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“New Wave” is a documentary about Vietnamese refugees leaning into Eurodisco as they built new lives in SoCal after the fall of Saigon. It also speaks to generational trauma and grief.

Vietnamese new wave is armor for refugees to hide behind, says filmmaker

“New Wave” is a documentary about Vietnamese refugees leaning into Eurodisco as they built new lives in SoCal after the fall of Saigon. It also speaks to generational trauma and grief.

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