The House Is Black

The House Is Black
(Khaneh siah ast)
The House Is Black; (Khaneh siah ast)
	The House Is Black (خانه سیاه است)
Directed by	Forough Farrokhzad
Written by	Forough Farrokhzad
Produced by	Ebrahim Golestan
Release date	1963;
Running time	22 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

The House Is Black (Persian: خانه سیاه است‎) is an acclaimed Iranian documentary short film directed by Forough Farrokhzad.

The film is a look at life and suffering in a leper colony and focuses on the human condition and the beauty of creation.^[1] It is spliced with Farrokhzad's narration of quotes from the Old Testament, the Koran and her own poetry. The film features footage from the Bababaghi Hospice leper colony.^[2] It was the only film she directed before her death in 1967. During shooting, she became attached to, and later adopted, a child whose parents had leprosy.^{[citation needed]}

Although the film attracted little attention outside Iran when released, it has since been recognised as a landmark in Iranian film. Reviewer Eric Henderson described the film as "[o]ne of the prototypal essay films, The House Is Black paved the way for the Iranian New Wave."^[3]

References[]

^ "The House is Black" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
^ Azizi, Mohammad Hossein; Bahadori, Moslem (November 2011). "A History of Leprosy in Iran during the 19th" (PDF). Archives of Iranian Medicine. Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences. 14 (6): 427. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
^ Eric Henderson (February 22, 2005). "The House Is Black". Slant. Retrieved October 27, 2016.

Notes[]

Hamid Dabashi, Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema, 451 p. (Mage Publishers, Washington, DC, 2007); Chapter II, pp. 39–70: Forough Farrokhzad; The House Is Black. ISBN 0-934211-85-X

External links[]

Khaneh siah ast at IMDb

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[1] "The House is Black" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

[2] Azizi, Mohammad Hossein; Bahadori, Moslem (November 2011). "A History of Leprosy in Iran during the 19th" (PDF). Archives of Iranian Medicine. Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences. 14 (6): 427. Retrieved October 27, 2016.

[3] Eric Henderson (February 22, 2005). "The House Is Black". Slant. Retrieved October 27, 2016.

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