Name: 🎬 New Wave | 2e édition du Festival Mékong x Saint-Laurent
Start: 2025-11-18T19:45:00-05:00
Location: Cinémathèque québécoise

$\ud83c\udfac New Wave | 2e \u00e9dition du Festival M\u00e9kong x Saint-Laurent$

Le collectif Super Boat People et la Cinémathèque québécoise sont fiers de co-présenter « New Wave » dans le cadre de la 2e édition du Festival Mékong x Saint-Laurent de Super Boat People.
TOUS LES DÉTAILS ET BILLETS ICI : https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/en/cinema/new-wave/
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Synopsis
Mile-high hair. Synthesized sounds. Teenage rebellion. Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an untold story of rebellious punks in the chaotic world of 80s Vietnamese New Wave until she uncovers a hidden past.
La réalisatrice
Elizabeth Ai is a Chinese-Vietnamese-American Los Angeles based Emmy award-winning producer. She writes, directs, and produces independent narratives as well as branded content for companies such as National Geographic, ESPN, and VICE. She produced documentary features Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes Of David Choe (2008), on the titled artist after his prison release and before his meteoric rise, and A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem (2019), which examines wage theft and exploitation of the only visible NFL women. Additionally, she produced Saigon Electric (2011), a feature narrative set in Vietnam’s world of breakdancing. During her tenure at VICE, she created the original pilot for Bong Appétit (2014), which got picked up for series on Viceland. She’s currently directing and producing two in-progress feature documentaries and has a slate of narratives in development. She’s a fellow of Berlin Talent Campus, Film Independent, Sundance, and Tribeca. She received her B.A. from the University of Southern California.