I’m Proud to Love All Our Neighbors
As a youngster born in Hubbard Hospital, I’m always proud to know that Bad Axe has some incredible neighbors during difficult times.
Here is an amazing film that we encourage everyone to Rent/Buy and watch.
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.” – Directed by David Siev
“You might not think there’s much to film in Bad Axe, Mich., a sleepy town of just over 3,000. But as the weeks of sheltering in place turned to months, Siev found himself at the center of an epic battle going on in towns across America: a philosophical clash over mask-wearing and other pandemic protocols, the Black Lives Matter movement and the impending 2020 election.” 1
- The San Francisco Chronicle, G. Allen Johnson, November 16, 2022 – Review: David Siev’s ‘Bad Axe’ is one of the most important films of 2022
