Rialto 5:15

Rialto 5:15

No Wave, No Neutrality: "No Japs at My Funeral" (1980), and the Politics of Unfiltered Speech

How James Nares’ 1980 film turns the aesthetics of New York’s No Wave underground into a direct challenge to media control and colonial narratives.

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Rialto 5:15
Aug 13, 2025
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The film contains discriminatory language.

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