Film
Indigenous film, art and activism: counter-cartographies of the Amazon
This one-day symposium explores the relationship between film, art, and activism in the Amazon. Along with in-person discussions by international speakers, the programme includes a number of contemporary Amazonian films made by Indigenous creators who are using film to amplify their voices and contest historical marginalisation.
To Light a Candle
Fri 27 February 2015
Hills Road Sixth Form College
"TO LIGHT A CANDLE", A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY MAZIAR BAHARI.
Trailer: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/bahai/2015/02/to-light-a-candle/
"To light a candle" chronicles the lives of Bahá'ís in Iran, who have triumphed against unbelievable hardships and persecution. The Bahá'ís are a religious minority that are systematically imprisoned, tortured and killed by the Iranian government.
The Islamic regime bans the Bahá'ís to study or teach in Iranian universities. Since 1987 the Bahá'ís started the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), an underground university with hundreds of students in Iran, and dozens of teachers in Iran and around the world. Through powerful interviews, exclusive secret footage shot by citizen journalists, rare archival material and letters written by a Bahá'í prisoner currently in jail in Iran, "To Light a Candle" shows how a small minority has defied the brutal systematic religious persecution through non-violent resistance and educating their youth.
Cost: Free and open to all
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Cambridge University Bahá'í Society Website Email: bahai@cusu.cam.ac.uk
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| Address: | Hills Road Sixth Form College Science Lecture Room (S106) Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge CB2 8PE Cambridge Cambridgshire CB2 8PE |
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