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 ...
Wed, November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC But perhaps most surprising is that so much of Shahverdi’s family and community admire her, enough so that she running to become the first elected councilwoman in ...
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 ...
In this video, we showcase the power of a 60,000 psi waterjet cutter as it shapes a large rock. This water cutting technique, similar to laser cutting, demonstrates extreme erosion akin to the ...
“Cutting Through Rocks,” a documentary by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, is a deeply frustrating movie. Did our filmmakers intend it as such when they began filming in 2017? Ms. Khaki and Mr. Eyni ...
In the 1970s, US government researchers imagined digging through rock with a nuclear-powered tunneling machine. They thought this machinery could change the world by traveling through the Earth’s ...
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through Rocks follows Sara Shahverdi, the first-ever elected councilwoman in her remote, patriarchal Iranian village. Shahverdi challenges entrenched gender ...