Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) Portrait of Iranian Council Woman's Raw Reality + Seeds Hope

  • January 24, 2025
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Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار)

*2025 Sundance Film Festival Selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition*

Filmmakers Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni of Cutting Through Rocks, sit down with Radioactive's Valene MC to share about the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi. As she aims to break long-held patriarchal 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.

Sara Khaki is a director, producer, and editor. Her co-directed film Our Iranian Lockdown received an International Documentary Association nomination. Her co-directed Netflix original, Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, received a 2022 Emmy nomination. Khaki is a 2020 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grantee and Chicken & Egg alum.
Mohammadreza Eyni is a director, producer, and cinematographer. A co-founder of Gandom Films Production L.L.C., Eyni’s works received an International Documentary Association nomination. A 2021 Firelight Media fellow, 2020 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grantee, and Tribeca Film Institute alum, his career bridges boundaries and elevates underrepresented voices.

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