To Light a Candle (2014)

Directed by

Maziar Bahari

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells stories of Baháʼí individuals in Iran whose university education was shut down by authorities. It focuses on their experiences of persecution and their efforts to continue learning against the odds.

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What happens

To Light a Candle is a documentary by journalist Maziar Bahari, author of the memoir Then They Came for Me. The film highlights the persecution of Baháʼís in Iran, and focuses on the stories of those individuals associated with the shutdown of Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education. The film had its World Premiere at Stanford University in May 2014. The film was narrated by actor and activist Nazanin Boniadi. It follows a number of other films on the same topic, most notably Iranian Taboo (2011) by Reza Allamehzadeh and The Gardener (2012) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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