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The House Is Black

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From the Chicago Reader (March 7, 1997). Note: The film is now available with English subtitles. — J.R. The most powerful Iranian film I’ve seen is this 22-minute black-and-white 1962 documentary made by Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967), commonly regarded as the greatest 20th-century Persian poet. It’s her only film and its subject is a leper colony in northern Iran. Part of what’s so special about it is its seamless adaptation of the techniques of…
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jonathanrosenbaum.net broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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