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The Forbidden University

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Amid the shadows of oppression in Iran, the film explores the clandestine world of the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education, an informal underground university created by the Bahá'ís of Iran in a country where, for them, education is a crime.

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Nauzanin Knight

Director

Ava Maria Safai

Self

Parham Rownaghi

Self

Nauzanin Knight

Writer

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Synopsis Amid the shadows of oppression in Iran, the film explores the clandestine world of the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education, an informal underground university created by the Bahá'ís of Iran in a country where, for them, education is a crime.
Director
Nauzanin Knight
Screenwriter
Nauzanin Knight
Production Co
Interdimensional VFX
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Persian
Runtime
1h 21m