The Popcorn List Pop Up Series: New Wave (ONE NIGHT ONLY!)

Name: The Popcorn List Pop Up Series: New Wave (ONE NIGHT ONLY!)
Start: 2025-09-21T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-21T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203

Schedule

Sun Sep 21 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203 | Birmingham, AL

Part of The Popcorn List Pop-Up-Series highlighting all First-Time Female Directors! A sneak-preview screening series celebrating the discovery nature of independent film curation, festival darlings without wide release, and the audiences who love them.
Synopsis - A filmmaker on a mission to excavate an untold story of rebellious teens in the electrifying world of 80s Viet new wave in Orange County, California, unexpectedly confronts buried traumas that lead to forgiveness and a new beginning.
"NEW WAVE is a stunning film that captures, with incredible nuance, poignancy, and a fair share of razor sharp wit, a community of first-generation Vietnamese American youth in the 1980s who found solidarity through a shared love of Euro-synth dance music and punk/goth aesthetics. Beneath the music, however, lies a deeper story of intergenerational trauma, the lasting impact of the Vietnam War, and the resilience and possibility of reinvention.” - Sky Sitney, Co-Founder, Festival Director, DC/DOX