A feature documentary directed by Bob Hercules, chronicling the 1844 declaration of the Bab in Persia and the founding of the Baha'i Faith. The film's own official site describes it as advocating "the oneness of humanity's major religions as a path toward world peace," combining dramatized reenactments with interviews of scholars and practitioners, narrated by Yaani King Mondschein, with contributions from Dr. Joy DeGruy, the scholar Nader Saeidi and the actor Rainn Wilson, filmed on location in Spain, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Religious Subject MatterThe founding of the Baha'i Faith and the 1844 declaration of the Bab: named outright in the film's own official synopsis. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Persia directly: "the 1844 declaration of the Bab in Persia and the founding of the Baha'i Faith."
This source names United Kingdom directly: "on location in Spain, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States."
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The film's own official synopsis names the Baha'i Faith outright as its subject, making this the first screen work the atlas holds for the tradition.
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