A determined female trucker is part of an endless-seeming metal snake winding through the Gobi Desert of Mongolia as she embarks on the hazardous journey toward the Chinese border. Such is life in “Minegolia,” as it has been dubbed. Now, a documentary by Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig takes us into the desert drive experience. Meet Colors of White Rock, world premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, June 7, in the Documentary Competition.
“Ever since its shift toward liberalism after the Cold War, Mongolia has opened up its mines in the Gobi desert for exploitation – resulting in an onslaught of truck convoys transporting Mongolian coal to China,” highlights a summary of the film. “Within this arduous, predominantly-male line of work, Maikhuu – a former taxi driver and hairdresser – stands alone as one of the only female truck drivers working the mining boom.” The tenacious and candid woman is also a single mother focused on her young children’s financial future.Colors of White Rock is a cinematic trip into a world that will be new to many in the audience. The doc was executive produced by Chantal Perrin and produced by Tessa Louise Salomé and Luc Sorrel. Choijoovanchig, who also handled the cinematography, co-wrote the doc with Perrin, Salomé and Kate Kennelly. The editor is Simon Le Berre. International sales are handled by MetFilm Sales.The Tribeca website promises “a deeply immersive work that presents the striking human and environmental costs of ‘Minegolia.'”
