The natural and formalistic collide in 'Cutting Through Rocks,' a Sundance documentary about the first councilwoman in an ...

The village of Mohammadabad Pirbazar has been completely submerged due to relentless rainfall and inadequate infrastructure. The severe flooding has displaced residents, damaged homes, and disrupted ...

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 ...

Rocks crams seven years’ worth of shot footage into its 95 minutes, spanning the full arc of Sara’s experience. It is ...

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 ...

Meters From Andriivka,” Ukrainian director and journalist Mstyslav Chernov, whose previous film “ 20 Days in Mariupol ” won ...

Other grand jury winners included documentaries about farmers in rural Georgia and the first elected councilwoman in an ...

Sara Shahverdi was the first elected Iranian councilwoman in her village, Cutting Through Rocks documents how she uses her ...

To note, the southwestern Iranian village of Shalamcheh in the Khurramshahr district of Khuzestan province is located on the border with Iraq. The railroad line from this point to Basra ...