Bad Axe
It’s a love letter to overcoming adversity with the help of family, of business, of identity.
Bad Axe
BAD AXE captures a closely knit Asian American family living in a rural Michigan community as they now fight to keep their American dream alive. As owners of a prominent local restaurant, they reckon with a global pandemic, racial tensions, and generational scars from Cambodia’s “killing fields.”
“There is a rawness to the movie that is laudably consistent and captivating.” -Film Threat
“Touching and heartfelt.” -Collider
“There is a rawness to the movie that is laudably consistent and captivating.” -Film Threat
“Touching and heartfelt.” -Collider
Genre
Documentary,
Pandemic,
Politics & World Affairs
Runtime
100
Language
English
Director
David Siev
Awards:
Winner, Audience Award ~ Documentary Feature, South by Southwest
Winner, Special Jury Recognition ~ Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling, South by Southwest
Nominee, Grand Jury Award ~ Documentary Feature, South by Southwest
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
That would be David Siev’s intimate and moving “Bad Axe,” a look at an average family trying to keep their business and mental well-being from collapsing in 2020 as a pandemic, controversial restrictions, and even Black Lives Matter come to their small Michigan town. At the beginning of the Covid-19 ...
Played at
NoHo 7 11.17.22 - 11.17.22
Glendale 11.18.22 - 11.24.22
Monica Film Center 1.07.23 - 1.08.23
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