Be Modern, Change Now, Get a Haircut

UCLA Student Television Production, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A documentary mixed with a live taping of the UCLA Cable Access Show View investigates the fashion and hairstyles of the New Wave scene in Los Angeles in 1981. New Wave Hairstylist Atila Sikora is interviewed and performs a haircut live on TV, transforming the host into a New Wave Look. The crew visits Atila's salon and a New Wave clothing store, interviewing members of the scene about the aesthetic and its differences from punk. Features prominent members of the New Wave Theater Group including Atila and Taquila Mockingbird.