IFC FILMS & SXSW Audience Award Winner “BAD AXE” Gets A New Trailer and… a November Release Date!
Directed by: David Siev
Starring: Chun Siev, Rachel Siev, Jaclyn Siev, Michael Meinhold, Austin Turmell, Skyler Janssen, Raquel Siev
Runtime: 102 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Distributed by: IFC Films
Edited by: Rosie Walunas, Peter Wagner
Produced by: David Siev, Jude Harris, Diane Quon, Kat Vasquiez
Executive Produced by: Daniel Dae Kim, Jeff Tremaine, Shanna Newton Zablow, Marci Wiseman, Saniel Chaflen, Dawn Bonder, Michael Meinhold, Tim Chow
Synopsis
After leaving NYC for his rural hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan, at the start of the pandemic, Asian American filmmaker David Siev documents his family’s struggles to keep their restaurant afloat.
As fears of the virus grow, deep generational scars dating back to Cambodia’s bloody “killing fields” come to the fore, straining the relationship between the family’s patriarch, Chun, and his daughter, Jaclyn. When the BLM movement takes center stage in America, the family uses its collective voice to speak out in their conservative community.
What unfolds is a real-time portrait of 2020 through the lens of one multicultural family’s fight to stay in business, stay involved, and stay alive.
“BAD AXE shines a timely spotlight on the many challenges facing our families today. Told through the lens of an immigrant family pursuing their American dream, David Siev and his family serve as beacons of hope to everyone working faithfully toward the goals of unity and prosperity in difficult times. I’m excited and proud to help bring this special story to the screen.” – Executive Producer, Daniel Dae Kim
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