Shahdad, Desert’s Fruitless Palm

Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Sadra Tehrani | Produced at Shahid Beheshti University

In fall 2013, during my undergraduate studies, I volunteered in directing a documentary on Shahdad's rural Villages "Shahdad, The Desert's Fruitless Palm" hoping to raise public and official awareness of the severe situation at the rural context. Within a team of six volunteers, I was able to direct and edit this documentary film, which together with further investigations and field trips to the area, resulted in a volunteered community service including the construction of a school for the children of villages and organizing health workshops and classes for the locals.