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When his father dies suddenly, Amra and his mother Zaya have to find a way to survive on the often harsh Mongolian steppes. To make matters worse, gold mining threatens both their livelihood herding goats… and Amra’s dream to be on Mongolia’s Got Talent.
12-year-old Amra is an average kid, going to school during the day and helping his parents with their goat herd in the afternoon. But when his father, a cornerstone in the community, meets tragedy, Amra’s world falls apart. Racked with guilt, he feels the need to step into his father’s shoes, financially supporting the family and preventing a large mining company from ruining his homeland--all the while abandoning his dreams of performing a traditional Mongolian song his father taught him on Mongolia’s Got Talent. From acclaimed Mongolian director Byambasuren Davaa comes a tale of resistance and hope.
Director Biography
Born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 1971, Byambasuren Davaa was educated at the Movie Academy in Ulaanbaatar and documentary film and communication sciences at the University of Television and Film Munich. She directed The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005), but burst onto the scene in 2003 with her documentary The Story of the Weeping Camel, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary at the 77th Academy Awards.
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