The Thirty Year Wave

By Abby Baker

 

Baker writes, “This film examines the phenomenon of the Nostalgia Pendulum and its impact on new media from the 2010’s. From Bruno Mars to ‘Stranger Things,’ nothing escapes the aesthetic influence of the 1980s, even if it means leaving politics behind.”  Baker created this piece for her fall 2019 “Documentary Filmmaking For Writers” course.