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  • First Thursdays
  • Past Showcase
    • 29th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • Modern Portraits
    • FORGE
    • HOT WATER
    • CORONER TO THE STARS
    • BEFORE THE MOON FALLS
    • SEAT AT THE TABLE
    • HOOP LIKE THIS
    • WORKSHOP - SCREENWRITING
    • SHORTS - Kapwa (Shared Identity)
    • SHORTS - Another Version of Me
    • SHORTS - The Other Side
    • SHORTS - Dissonance
    • SHORTS - Breaking Out
    • SHORTS - Sketches in Motion
    • JONATHAN LAXAMANA EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
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Opening Night!
Friday, May 19, 2023
8 PM

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

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BAD AXE

Directed by David Siev
[Appearing In-Person for a live Q&A}

BAD AXE captures a closely-knit Asian American family living in rural Michigan during the pandemic as they fight to keep their local restaurant and American dream alive. With rising racial tensions, the family uses their voice and must unite as they reckon with backlash from a divided community, white supremacists, and intergenerational trauma from Cambodia's "killing fields."

2022 | Documentary | USA | 100 mins | Engish | Digital