Join us for an inspiring evening at Gulf Coast Asian Arts & Culture’s 1st Asian Film Fest, celebrating Asian American voices in film and the power of storytelling, heritage, and resilience through art and cinema.
A Q&A session will follow the New Wave documentary screening, moderated by Thi Bui & Daniella Zalcman, featuring filmmaker Elizabeth Ai, singer Lynda Trang Dai, Sisa Wang (Bluff City Chinese), Emerald Dunn-Bahurlet (Historian), and Phanat Xanamane (Bayou, Buddhas, and Padaek).
6:00PM Check In & Cocktail Reception
6:30PM Screening of New Wave documentary
8:00PM Q&A Session moderated by Thi Bui & Daniella Zalcman
8:30PM Reception
9:30PM Final Cocktails & Networking
Come celebrate community, creativity, and the stories that connect us all.
About New Wave
Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai embarks on a journey to capture the vibrant spirit of a musical phenomenon that electrified Vietnamese American teens in the 1980s: New Wave. What begins as an exploration of the rebellion and freedom within this subculture evolves into a profound narrative of identity, loss, and healing.