{"podcast":{"title":"Doc Talk: A Deadline and Nō Studios Podcast","slug":"doc-talk-a-deadline-and-n-studios-podcast-6653919","podcast_index_feed_id":6653919,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PMC1629252086","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/206cd75a-4dae-11ee-8c52-cf0f798145d5/image/Deadline_Doc_Talk___Podcast_Logo___2000x2000.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Deadline Hollywood","episode_count":146,"summary":"Hosted by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley and Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Matt Carey, Doc Talk features weekly interviews with filmmakers, storytellers, and industry leaders about creating critical content with the power to move the genre forward – and possibly change the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T20:21:04.540233+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doc-talk-a-deadline-and-n-studios-podcast-6653919"},"episode":{"title":"Directors Of Oscar Nominee 'Cutting Through Rocks'","slug":"directors-of-oscar-nominee-cutting-through-rocks","published_at":"2026-02-25T00:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doc-talk-a-deadline-and-n-studios-podcast-6653919/directors-of-oscar-nominee-cutting-through-rocks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doc-talk-a-deadline-and-n-studios-podcast-6653919","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC7590459800.mp3?updated=1771999196","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC7590459800.mp3?updated=1771999196","summary":"Filmmakers Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni discuss their 8-year journey making the feature documentary Cutting Through Rocks, which has earned them their first Oscar nominations. The New York-based directors returned to their native Iran to tell the story of a remarkable woman in a rural northwestern part of the country who defied the intensely patriarchal culture to run for a seat on the local council. Cutting Through Rocks, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is the only Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary still without U.S. distribution, making its success all the more impressive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Filmmakers Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni discuss their 8-year journey making the feature documentary Cutting Through Rocks, which has earned them their…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2804,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doc-talk-a-deadline-and-n-studios-podcast-6653919/episodes/directors-of-oscar-nominee-cutting-through-rocks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doc-talk-a-deadline-and-n-studios-podcast-6653919/directors-of-oscar-nominee-cutting-through-rocks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}