Each year, the slow-paced lifestyle on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula is given a turbo boost by the Baja 1000, the largest off-road motorsport race in the world. In this modern-day western—complete with a commissioned soundtrack of epic corridos performed by a trio of colorful musicians—local drivers and a young journalist spend the year preparing for the Baja 1000 and the invigorating change of pace the massive race gives to their desert community. 

Watch an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Director José Permar.