Deep Cuts

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.

​GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET INCLUDES:

DJ SETS BY:

​Travis Holcombe (freaksonly.fm)

​T-Kay (dublab)

​Gingee (dublab)

​DJ Miu

​AND MORE:

​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.

​ABOUT NEW WAVE:

​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.