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Winner of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winner (World Cinema Documentary) Co-directors Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through Rocks drops us into the world of the fearless mid-wife Sara Shahverdi, who among other things decides she wats to be the first woman to run for the local area counsil, not only does she win, she takes on the local patriarchy is her remote Iranian village, Sara fearlessly breaks traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil. Co-director /Producer / Editor Sara Khaki and co-director / Producer / Editor / Cinematographer Mohammadreza Eyni join us to talk about their eight year journey to document and bear witness to the fierce determination of Sara make the world a better place one young woman at a time.
By Mike KasparWinner of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winner (World Cinema Documentary) Co-directors Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through Rocks drops us into the world of the fearless mid-wife Sara Shahverdi, who among other things decides she wats to be the first woman to run for the local area counsil, not only does she win, she takes on the local patriarchy is her remote Iranian village, Sara fearlessly breaks traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil. Co-director /Producer / Editor Sara Khaki and co-director / Producer / Editor / Cinematographer Mohammadreza Eyni join us to talk about their eight year journey to document and bear witness to the fierce determination of Sara make the world a better place one young woman at a time.