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Cutting Through Rocks

2025 · Documentary · Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki · 1h 35m

The first woman elected to a village council in rural Iran teaches teenage girls to ride motorbikes and works to stop child marriages, and the village starts to question her. A documentary that stays close to her.

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  • Clearly character-driven

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