To Light a Candle (film)

{{short description|2014 documentary by Maziar Bahari}}

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To Light a Candle is a documentary by journalist Maziar Bahari, author of the memoir Then They Came for Me.{{cite web | title ="To Light a Candle", A Documentary Film by Maziar Bahari | publisher =Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, Stanford University | date =May 10, 2014 | url =http://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/event/to_light_a_candle_a_documentary_film_by_maziar_bahari

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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.{{cite AV media| people =Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education | title =To Light a Candle - trailer for a film by Maziar Bahari | medium =film | publisher =IRANWIRE videos | date =Apr 16, 2014| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7aE27GyMMo}} The film had its World Premiere at Stanford University in May 2014. The film was narrated by actor and activist Nazanin Boniadi.{{cite web|url=https://www.iranhumanrights.org/bio-nazanin-boniadi/|title=Bio: Nazanin Boniadi|accessdate=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414094632/https://www.iranhumanrights.org/bio-nazanin-boniadi/|url-status=live|archive-date=14 April 2019}}

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.