To Light a Candle (film)

To Light a Candle is a documentary by journalist Maziar Bahari, author of the memoir Then They Came for Me.

[1] 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.

[2] The film had its World Premiere at Stanford University in May 2014.

[1] The film was narrated by actor and activist Nazanin Boniadi.

[3] 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.