To Light a Candle is a documentary by journalist Maziar Bahari, author of the memoir Then They Came for Me.[1]
The film highlights the persecution of Baháʼís in Iran, and focuses on the stories of those individuals associated with the shutdown of Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education.[2] The film had its World Premiere at Stanford University in May 2014.[1] The film was narrated by actor and activist Nazanin Boniadi.[3]
It follows a number of other films on the same topic, most notably Iranian Taboo (2011) by Reza Allamehzadeh and The Gardener (2012) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.