New Cinema

No wave cinema was an underground filmmaking movement that flourished on the Lower East Side of New York City from about 1976 to 1987. Associated with (and partially sponsored by) the artists’ group Collaborative Projects, no wave cinema was a stripped-down style of guerrilla filmmaking that emphasized a dark, edgy atmosphere and unrehearsed immediacy above many other artistic concerns – similar to the parallel no wave music movement in its raw and rapid style.