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Driver

Director

Nesa Azimi

Producers

Nesa Azimi, Nicolas Borel, Ines Hofmann Kanna

Editors

Nesa Azimi, Nicolas Borel

Cinematographers

Carissa Henderson, Victor Tadashi Suárez, Joel Van Haren

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.

Over the course of three years, 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 American labor landscape, Desiree and her sisterhood of truckers rally against the crushing forces of an industry that is indifferent to their survival. Being part of this sisterhood means everything to Desiree—having found her place in the world, she is determined to keep it.

Post-screening discussion with director Nesa Azimi, producer/editor Nicolas Borel, and impact producer Jessica Green, along with film participants Desiree Wood, Debbie ‘Dingo’ Desiderato, and Jess Graham, moderated by Sabrina Talukder, Director, Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress.

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Nesa Azimi

Director, DRIVER

Nesa Azimi is a director, producer, and editor living in New York City. She started 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 have been recognized with Emmy Awards. Nesa is a former fellow with the Sundance Institute, NYSCA/NYFA, the Firelight Documentary Lab, and the Points North Institute. DRIVER is her first feature film.