Trailer for 'Bad Axe' documentary about an Asian American family

"It's a tough time to be going through right now." IFC has unveiled an official trailer for an award-winning documentary titled Bad Axe, which premiered took place at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. It won the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary and a Special Jury Award for "Outstanding Intimacy in Storytelling" at SXSW, and tons of other awards at festivals all over the world. throughout this year. Bad Axe tells the story of a Cambodian family who own a restaurant in rural Michigan throughout 2020. Filmmaker David Siev returns home and films them in 2020 - the tumultuous year where the family had to deal with the closure of their business during the pandemic. They also experienced a sharp rise in racism due to their Asian heritage, were harassed by anti-vaxxers, and different family members had different reactions to the rise of the BLM movement in their conservative town. The film uncovers the complex dynamics within the family, particularly between the different generations and each of them addresses all of the political conflicts that we have all experienced in 2020. "They are all as passionate as they are flawed and the film beautifully captures both sides." It looks like a very heartfelt and moving film.

Here is the official trailer (+ poster) for David Siev's documentary Bad Axe, straight from IFC's YouTube:

After moving from New York to his own rural hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan at the start of the pandemic, Asian American filmmaker David Siev documents his family's struggles to maintain his restaurant afloat. As fears of the virus grow, deep generational scars dating back to Cambodia's bloody "killing fields" are emerging, straining the relationship between the family patriarch, Chun, and his daughter, Jaclyn. When the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement takes center stage in America, the family uses their collective voice to speak out in their conservative community. What Unfolds is a real-time portrait of 2020 through the lens of a multicultural family's struggle to stay in business, stay involved, and stay alive. Bad Axe is directed by up-and-coming filmmaker David Siev, making his directorial debut after a music video and a few shorts before that. Produced by David Siev, Jude Harris, Diane Quon, Kat Vasquiez. This originally premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival earlier this year, and also played at the Mountainfilm Festival. IFC Films will launch Bad Axe in select US theaters + on VOD starting November 18, 2022 this fall. Interested?

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