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Synopsis
After losing everything, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul truck driver. Alongside an irreverent group of women truckers, she fights for a life on the road.
Using an intimate and observational approach, DRIVER captures the experience of Desiree and her fellow drivers within a system that routinely promises and denies them the safety and autonomy that they desire.
The film follows Desiree as she struggles to balance the demands of being a working driver with her ambitions as the head of a driver-led movement run from her truck, which is constantly at risk of being repossessed.
In a rapidly disappearing labor landscape, Desiree and her sisterhood of truckers rally against the crushing forces of an industry that is indifferent to their survival.
Bio
Nesa is a director, producer and editor living in New York City. She started out at The Maysles Documentary Center and has since been on staff as a producer for Rain Media, PBS FRONTLINE, Fault Lines on Al Jazeera, National Geographic, and the Ciné Institute of Haiti. Three films she helped produce for FRONTLINE were recognized with Emmy Awards. Nesa has been a fellow with the Sundance Institute, NYSCA/NYFA, the Firelight Documentary Lab, and the Points North Institute. DRIVER, her first feature film, premiered in the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Screening History
Tribeca Festival 2024
DC/DOX 2024
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival 2024
Unorthodocs Wexner Center 2024
Camden International Film Festival 2024
Awards History
Points North 2019 - Pitch Award
Credits
Producer - Nicolas Borel
Editor - Nicolas Borel
Producer - Ines Hofmann Kanna
Executive Producer - Maxyne Franklin
Consulting Editor - Qutaiba Barhamji
