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Dawn of the Light

Film, 2019, commissioned by the Universal House of Justice for the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab

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A 48-minute film commissioned by the Universal House of Justice for the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab, founder of the Babi Faith. It follows the personal search for truth and meaning of eight people from different parts of the world, their stories told against the backdrop of the Bab's own life, and was released on the bicentenary, 29 to 30 October 2019, in Arabic, English, French, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Swahili.

Facts
Production
Release Year
2019 1
Format
Documentary 1
Subject Matter
Religious Subject Matter
The Bab, founder of Babism: the commissioning body's own page names him outright as the film's occasion and backdrop. 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

This source names The Universal House of Justice directly: "A 48-minute film commissioned by the Universal House of Justice for the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab, founder of the Babi Faith."

Belongs to Tradition

Babism, Religions

The film's subject the Bab is the founder of Babism, making this the first screen work the atlas holds for the tradition.

Depicts

The Bab, Figures

The commissioning Baha'i World Centre's own page names the Bab outright, and the Baha'i World News Service's own article says the film's eight stories are told "against the backdrop of the remarkable life of the Bab."

Sources
1. The Baha'i World Centre's Own Page for Dawn of the Light (2019)
Universal House of Justice / Baha'i World Centrebahai.org/dawn-of-the-light; news.bahai.org/story/1354View the Source
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