33-årige Gerel Byamba er en sammensat kvinde. Glødende nationalist, shaman, voldelig bandeleder og indigneret, hætteklædt hævner. Som leder af den ultra-nationalistiske organisation Gerel Khas, der kun består af kvinder, kæmper hun for at beskytte Mongoliet mod sexarbejde og kinesisk raceblanding. Hun kæmper for kvinders ligestilling, men svigter sin søn på den nationalistiske sags alter. ’Daughter of Genghis’ er en syv år lang fortælling fra Mongoliets underverden, om et nomadisk folk der kæmper for at beskytte deres identitet og frihed i et land under hastig forandring. Vi oplever Gerel Byambas konfliktfyldte, voldelige liv i en periode, hvor der opstår sprækker af tvivl i hendes ellers så solide panser. Er volden den rette vej for Mongoliet og hende selv? Hvordan kan hun beskytte sit folks fremtid? Man får udfordret sit ideologiske verdenskort godt og grundigt undervejs.
33-year-old Gerel Byamba is a complex woman. A fiery nationalist, shaman, violent gang leader and indignant, hooded avenger. As the leader of the all-female, ultra-nationalist organisation Gerel Khas, she fights to protect Mongolia from sex work and Chinese miscegenation. She fights for women’s equality, but abandons her son on the altar of the nationalist cause. ‘Daughter of Genghis’ is a seven-year-long tale from the Mongolian underworld, about a nomadic people struggling to protect their identity and freedom in a rapidly changing country. We experience Gerel Byamba’s conflicted, violent life during a time when cracks of doubt appear in her otherwise solid armour. Is violence the right path for Mongolia and herself? How can she protect the future of her people? Your ideological map of the world is thoroughly challenged along the way.