Freidoune Sahebjam's sobering and astonishing The Stoning of Soraya M., the true story of how an Islamic mob in Khomeini's Iran stoned an innocent woman to death because she was wrongly assumed to have committed adultery, was an international bestseller when it was published in 1994. Now it is a film. And it is not to be missed.
"This is one film that will not appear quietly and disappear without notice," write Hot Air's Ed Morrissey. "I attended a pre-release screening last night, and it reminded me of all the reasons I love film as an art form and as a medium of communication. When it finally makes it to the theaters, people should line up to see this powerful, dramatic, and disturbing representation of a true story."
Produced my MPower Pictures (which also produced An American Carol), and directed by MPI fellow Cyrus Nowrasteh, The Stoning of Soraya M. was recently named second runner up for the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter sums the film's power up in one word: "stunning."