This is a portrait of a woman who drives trucks from Mongolian coal mine into China as a means of making money to feed her family. The film is also a look at the changing landscape both physical and financial in Mongolia as industrialization and capitalism come into play.
On my list of must see films at Tribeca because no other films of the 60 I had seen to that point could match it visually, COLORS OF WHITE ROCK is a thoughtful and medatative look at a life most of us can't imagine. This is a world like our but also far away. I was entranced.
While the film has much to say about life in general what you are going to remember is the images. Huge shots of vast expanses, of strip mines, industrial machines, traffic jams, sun sets and people's faces shot so beautifully that you wil want to run off and see them imperson. This film is so gorgeous to look at you will curse the fact that despite documentaries being eligible for the Best Cinematography Oscar, they are never actually nominated (or rarely).
This is a film to see on a big screen with no distractions.
If you love the art of cinema- go see this film.
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