This life-changing documentary follows the taekwondist Sara Khoshjamai-Fekri in her way to become the first ever Iranian woman to qualify for the Olympic Games of 2008.
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Kick In Iran. The first ever Iranian woman in the Olympic Games
She is the first who ever made it. Sara Khoshjamal-Fekri is the first female athlete from Iran to ever qualify for the Olympic Games. Her discipline is Yaekwondo.
Kick In Iran shows her arduous journey to Beijing 2008, a persistent struggle for self determination and recognition in a society based on strict religious laws.