April 6, 2023 — Bad Axe: Film Screening and Director Q&A

Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center and student-led journal Asian American Policy Review co-sponsored a screening of the documentary film BAD AXE, followed by a discussion with filmmaker David Siev. 

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.”