EXCLUSIVE: In the award-winning documentary Cutting Through Rocks, tears come to the eyes of Sara Shahverdi as she reflects on intense pressure she has faced for flouting convention. “They want me to ...
In this video, we showcase the power of a 60,000 psi waterjet cutter as it shapes a large rock. This water cutting technique, similar to laser cutting, demonstrates extreme erosion akin to the ...
In Cutting Through Rocks, directors Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki follow Iranian councilwoman Sarah Shahverdi, who teaches girls to ride motorcycles and uses her position to try to end child ...
Across a remote and mountainous landscape, a woman rides a motorcycle, black leather jacket over her shoulders, scarf around the neck, bandana fastening her hair. She comes to a stop, the setting sun ...
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s precisely lensed film follows Sara Shahverdi, the first councilwoman in the history of her remote village. But perhaps most surprising is that so much of Shahverdi’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The documentary filmmakers behind Iran’s Oscar-nominated Cutting Through Rocks are opening up about the importance of “standing by ...
Best documentary has become the toughest Oscar category to predict in recent years, especially when it comes to nominations. The documentary branch has become famously quirky in recent years, passing ...
Directors Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni bring a measured hand to “Cutting Through Rocks,” their debut documentary about the first councilwoman in a rural Iranian village. The film’s irascible but ...