03726cgm a2200589Ia 45000010006000000050017000060070010000230080041000330350023000740400025000970660011001220200015001330200018001480240017001660280026001830350020002090410018002290430012002470500017002590820022002762450104002982460019004022600047004213000081004684900020005495380075005695460037006445080163006815000056008445000093009005200522009935000813015155000130023286500019024586500048024776510045025256500037025706500037026076550024026447000038026687000032027067000038027387100025027767100024028017100038028257400035028637400035028987400032029338800088029658800041030538800042030943857520230410123822.0vd bvaizm050225p20051962ilu022 g          vlper d  a(OCoLC)ocm57734922  aFGMcFGMdOCLCQdRCS  c(3c(4  a1565804341  a97815658043401 a73689904492340aDV70441bFacets Video  a(OCoLC)577349221 aperbenghper  aa-ir---14aCM DVD 0043104a614.5/46/0955222006880-01aKhanah siyah asth[videorecording] =bThe house is black /cdirected by Forough Farrokhzad.31aHouse is black  aChicago, Ill. :bFacets Multimedia,c2005.  a1 videodisc (22 min.) :bsd., b&w ;c4 3/4 in. +e1 booklet (19 p. ; 18 cm.)0 aFilms from Iran  aDVD, all-zone, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.  aIn Farsi with English subtitles.  aProducer, Ebrahim Gulistan ; writer/film editor, Furugh Farrukhzad ; cinematography, Soleyman Minasian ; production assistants, Amir Karrari, Herand Minasian.  aOriginally produced in 1962 by Guliståan Film Co.  aAccompanying booklet includes essays by Chris Marker, Jonathan Rosenbaum and Susan Doll.  aThis 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."  aIncludes 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.  aOther special features: interview with poet Pooran Farrokhzad (sister of Forough Farrokhzad) from PBS series Adventure divas. 0aLeprosyzIran. 0aLeprosyxPatientszIranxSocial conditions. 0aIranxHistoryyQajar dynasty, 1794-1925. 0aElementary schoolszIranvDrama. 0aChildren of nomadszIranvDrama. 0aDocumentary videos.1 6880-02aFarrukhzåad, Furåugh.1 aGuliståan, Ibråahåim.1 6880-03aMakhmalbåaf, Muòhsin.2 aGuliståan Film Co.2 aFacets Video (Firm)2 aFacets Multimedia (Chicago, Ill.)02aImages from the Qajar Dynasty.02aSchool blown away by the wind.02aSchool that was blown away.006245-01/(3/ra�(3NGfg SjGg GSJ�(Bh[�(4S�(3jOjh�(B] =bThe house is black.1 6700-02/(3/ra�(3aQNRGO, aQhZ�(B.1 6700-03/(3/ra�(3eNedHGa, eMSf�(B.