This special screening will host the films director David Siev for a Q&A and will be moderated by Meena Ariagno host of Eavesdrop Podcast.
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian American family in rural Michigan fights to keep its restaurant and American dream alive.
Bad Axe
Directed by: David Siev
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022
Runtime: 100 minutes
Rated: NR
Doors: 6:30 PM
Movie: 7:30 PM
About David Siev
David Siev is a Cambodian-Mexican American filmmaker and the director of BAD AXE, which won the Audience Award at SXSW, received a Critics Choice Award, and was shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards. His work explores themes of intergenerational trauma, identity, and the American immigrant experience.
David has led national conversations on the American Dream and Southeast Asian identity, contributing a guest column to The Daily Beast, giving a TED Talk in 2023, and speaking at institutions such as Harvard, Cornell, and Notre Dame. He is currently developing Kampuchea, a sweeping war epic and refugee story he’s spent the past decade writing, inspired by his father’s survival of the Killing Fields and pursuit of the American Dream.
Grand Rapids Film Society and Wealthy Theatre do not provide advisories about subject matter or content as sensitivities and triggers can vary from person to person. Information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb, DoesTheDogDie.com, and general internet searches. Movies shown at Wealthy Theatre often may reflect the time when they were produced. They do not necessarily represent the views of GRFS, Wealthy Theatre, GRCMC, its staff, members, or volunteers.
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