DEEP CUTS
An intimate New Wave listening night with guided sessions, DJs, lion dance blessing and a curated tasting menu in L.A.
MUSIC + FOOD + MEMORY + ARCHIVES DEEP CUTS is a one-night gathering celebrating NEW WAVE documentary arriving on The Criterion Channel with DJs, archival film, live storytelling, food, zines, artists + community along the L.A. River.
At the center of the night is a live immersive listening session created by filmmaker Elizabeth Ai and journalist Samanta Helou Hernandez.
Elizabeth shares a personal, six-chapter story about growing up in the '90s in the SGV through music, archival photos, memory, conversation + taste.
It's an experiment in multisensory storytelling, inviting everyone in the room to listen, taste, remember, and bring their own associations to the story.
Join us at THE RIVER LA, an outdoor venue along the L.A. River in Frogtown. Travis Holcombe (freaksonly.fm) T-Kay (dublab) Gingee (dublab) DJ Miu archival film + live DJ score altar + lion dance blessing ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival immersive listening session rare Asian punk archive pop-up works-in-progress film clips zine workshop by L.A. Zine Fest photo booth portraits by Atlas Lens music + community hang 6-COURSE TASTING TICKET INCLUDES: everything in General Admission + the six-course tasting.
Felix Fang and Jess Wang of Double Joy / Gu Grocery along with Vi Nguyen of Pandan Lady, have created six tastes that unfold alongside Elizabeth's six chapters. Each course responds to a different chapter through flavor, memory, place, and time. The food works like another soundtrack, a sensory way into memory.
The tasting is only available with a Tasting Ticket and must be reserved in advance. Capacity is limited.
If you want to eat your way through the story with us, reserve yours soon. Mile-high hair. Synthesized music. Underground parties. Elizabeth Ai set out to excavate the untold story of rebellious Vietnamese New Wave youth in the 1980s and uncovered a hidden family history along the way.
NEW WAVE premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, received a Special Jury Mention, earned more than a dozen awards and recognitions, screened nearly 200 times around the world, and is now streaming on The Criterion Channel. https://www.criterionchannel.com/new-wave
Elizabeth Ai is an Emmy Award-winning producer, filmmaker, writer, and archivist whose work explores pop culture, memory, identity, and cultural survival. Her debut documentary NEW WAVE premiered at Tribeca 2024, where it received a Special Jury Mention. She is also the author of New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora.
