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خانه سياه است.

Khānah siyāh ast [videorecording] = The house is black /

فرخزاد، فروغ. گلستان، ابراهيم. مخملباف، محسن. Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: DV70441 | Facets VideoLanguage: Persian Summary language: English Series: Films from IranPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Facets Multimedia, 2005.Description: 1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages ; 18 cm.)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1565804341

Other title:

House is black
Images From the Qajar Dynasty
School Blown Away By the Wind

Uniform titles:

Guzīdah-i taṣvīr dar Dawrān-i Qājār.
Madrasahʹī kih bād burd.

Subject(s): Production credits:

Producer, Ebrahim Gulistan ; writer/film editor, Furugh Farrukhzad ; cinematography, Soleyman Minasian ; production assistants, Amir Karrari, Herand Minasian.

Summary: THE HOUSE IS BLACK, legendary Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad's rare documentary, has influenced many of the great directors of Iran's New Wave, including Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Abbas Kiarostami. The haunting film about the leprosy colony in Tabriz, Iran is a compassionate portrait of forgotten people. Straightforward yet sympathetic, THE HOUSE IS BLACK affords dignity to its subjects, particularly through Farrokhzad's striking poem read in voice over by the poet herself. Farrokhzad's voice as a poet has inspired such internationally renowned directors as Chris Marker and Bernardo Bertolucci. Also on this DVD are two important short films by master director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. THE SCHOOL THAT WAS BLOWN AWAY is about an old man who visits a school for nomad children, while IMAGES FROM THE QAJAR DYNASTY explores the visual works from the Qajar Dynasty, including the first photography and cinematography shot in Iran. Credit: Facets Multi-Media.Summary: This film about the leprosy colony in Tabriz, Iran is a compassionate portrait of forgotten people. Straightforward yet sympathetic, the film affords dignity to its subjects, particularly through Farrokhzad's striking poem read by the poet herself. The House Is Black has heavily influenced the modern Iranian cinema of such great filmmakers as Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who called it "the best Iranian film." It provides, in the film's own words, "a vision of pain no caring human being should ignore."

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0756 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050096694

Originally produced in 1962 by Gulistān Film Co.

Run time: approx. 22 min.

Full screen presentation (1.33:1 aspect ratio).

Accompanying booklet includes essays by Chris Marker, Jonathan Rosenbaum and Susan Doll.

Includes two short films directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Images from the Qajar Dynasty (1993, 18 min.) and The school blown away by the wind (1996, 8 min.). "Images from the Qajar Dynasty": A short documentary made while the filmmaker was preparing his feature Once upon a Time, Cinema. The Qajar (aka Ghajar) family ruled Iran from 1785-1925. The film shows rare photos and early films shot at the Shah's court, along with family portraits. "The school blown away by the wind" (aka The school that was blown away): The school for nomad children seen in the film Gabbeh, is the subject of this drama. An old man visits the classroom, and at first mistaken for an inspector, eventually is revealed as a former teacher of nomad children who has stopped by to refresh his memories of this happy time in his life.

Other special features: interview with poet Pooran Farrokhzad (sister of Forough Farrokhzad) from PBS series Adventure divas.

DVD.

In Farsi with English subtitles.

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خانه سياه است.

Khānah siyāh ast [videorecording] = The house is black /