"Bad Axe" profiles a restaurant during COVID

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Jan 6, 2023

In "Bad Axe," filmmaker David Siev documents his immigrant family running their restaurant during the 2020 challenges of COVID and a racial reckoning. When tensions rise, the family has to choose when and how to make a stand.

 

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