Event Recap: 1882 @ MLK – Bad Axe Film Screening and Director Talk
On Sunday, March 26, the 1882 Foundation hosted a film screening of Bad Axe at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Directed by David Siev, the film documents Siev’s family living in Bad Axe, Michigan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the Cambodian-Mexican-American family’s fight to keep their local restaurant running and unite a divided community amid rising racial tensions, the film engages in topics of intergenerational trauma, community activism, and the concept of the American dream. Bad Axe received critical acclaim, winning the Critic’s…
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04/03/2023