THIS HOUSE AND MY MOTHER'S LEPROSY

The documentary film “Khaneh Siah Ast” (The Black House), directed by Forough Farrokhzad, narrates the life of a family with an elderly mother who belongs to the leprosy generation. Despite the passing years since the making of the documentary, the family continues to grapple with the repercussions of the mother’s leprosy within society in the present day. Their place of residence has also become problematic. The mother’s life is intricately connected to that of her daughter. The documentary film “Khaneh Siah Ast” was created in the autumn of 1962 at the Baba Baghi Leprosarium in Tabriz, Iran. Forough Farrokhzad, a renowned Iranian poet, directed the film, and it was produced by Ebrahim Golestan.