If you took French as a 2nd language in high school (which unfortunately is rare these days - not debating DACA vs public/private education here although I'd love to), avant-garde means the “vanguard” or the “advance guard” — basically the people and ideas that are ahead of their time. Usually it refers to a movement in the arts, like Dadaism, or in politics, like anarchism. Avant-garde can also be used as an adjective to describe something that's cutting-edge. Or it could mean when people privately get together in a studio space somewhere in New Yawk City to screen works made and in progress on a policy of invitation only basis. bye.
