''Bad Axe'' is a 2022 American documentary film directed by David Siev in his feature debut.

Synopsis

Bad Axe, Michigan Bad Axe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Huron County, Michigan, Huron County in the Thumb region of the Lower Peninsula. The population was 3,129 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, making it the largest co ...

, David Siev's Asian-American family struggles to keep their local restaurant afloat amidst racial tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Release

The film premiered at the

South by Southwest South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in m ...

Film Festival on March 14, 2022. In April, IFC Films acquired the distribution rights. It was released in theaters and via video on demand on November 18, 2022.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 43 reviews are positive. At South by Southwest, the film won the Audience Award and received Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling in the Documentary Feature Competition. The film made the short list for the Oscars short list for best documentary feature.

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* {{IMDb title, tt12915238 2022 films 2022 directorial debut films 2022 documentary films 2022 independent films 2020s American films 2020s English-language films American documentary films American independent films Documentary films about Asian Americans Documentary films about families Documentary films about food and drink Documentary films about Mexican Americans Documentary films about Michigan Documentary films about racism in the United States Documentary films about the COVID-19 pandemic Films about Cambodian Americans Films set in 2020 IFC Films films Huron County, Michigan English-language documentary films English-language independent films