Eighty-one-year-old Batmunkh Luvsandash was determined to protect his homeland from mining. His activism led to the creation of a 66,000-acre protected area in Mongolia’s Dornogovi province, adjoining hundreds of thousands of acres already preserved through efforts by him and his allies. The region is home to Argali sheep, 75% of the world’s population of endangered Asiatic wild ass, and a diverse array of endemic plant species. The newly-protected area now stands as a vital bulwark against the country’s rapidly expanding mining industry.
Biography:
Will Parrinello has been making award-winning documentaries for 35 years. His filmography includes Movies Around The World, a short for the 89th Academy Awards, Mustang - Journey of Transformation; Emile Norman – By His Own Design; Dreaming of Tibet; Little Italy, Kerouac; and the multiple Emmy award-winning series The New Environmentalists. Will co-produced Summer ’82 – When Zappa Came to Sicily; Sea Change; Yen For Baseball and Sumo Basho. He was director of photography on the Academy Award nominated feature documentary Tell The Truth & Run – George Seldes & the American Press, In The Light of Reverence and Standing On Sacred Ground.
