November 28, 2022
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Bates Meyer is clearing music for the documentary “New Wave” which chronicles the Vietnamese music scene of 1980s California. This mixture of American culture and Asian diaspora was a catalyst to healing for a generation of boat refugees stranded in social limbo as new Americans. A coming-of-age story, “New Wave” celebrates young immigrants who rebuilt community and forged a vibrant music scene more influential than the one they left behind after the fall of Saigon.