The advancement of rock cutting and drilling technologies is central to modern resource extraction and civil engineering practices. Significant progress has been achieved through the integration of ...

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 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 ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. “Cutting Through Rocks” opens at Film Forum in New York City on Friday, November 21. Sara Khaki and ...

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through Rocks follows Sara Shahverdi, a middle-aged divorcee in a remote and extremely conservative region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. What makes the ...