KUSA – Chasing your dreams is a common theme for the screen. Rudy wanted to play football for the University of Notre Dame, Rocky sought his chance to fight as a professional boxer, and Afshin ...

There's not quite as much desert and dancing as you might expect in Desert Dancer, an earnest and occasionally hokey drama about kids wanting to hoof it in a world that forbids all hoofin'. Since it's ...

“The film is more than ‘Footloose’ set in Iran,” director Richard Raymond told Variety at the screening hosted by Cinema Society. “It’s about the freedom of expression and how important it is to fight ...

“So you are an artist,” an Iranian member of the Basij, the country’s paramilitary morality police, hisses at the hero of “Desert Dancer,” who is about to be punished. “Beat him … artistically!” You ...

Perhaps no story resonates with drama lovers more than revolutionary tales about fighting for freedom. We seem to always root for the underdogs, especially when it comes to youth in revolt against ...

Heavy black smoke seen across Salt Lake, Davis counties after fire ignites Heavy black smoke could be seen across Salt Lake and Davis counties after a fire ignited near the Interstate 80-Interstate ...

Iran’s Green Revolution becomes the backdrop for a Footloose knockoff in this supremely embarrassing docudrama. It tells the story of Afshin Ghaffarian, a Tehran art student who defied authorities by ...

In this inspiring drama based on a true story, a young Iranian hoofer and his friends defy their country's strict ban on dancing by forming an underground troupe. Risking their lives for their art, ...