Talk:Behkadeh Raji
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Not featured in The House is Black
[edit]The article currently states that Behkadeh Raji is the leper colony featured Forough Farrokhzad's 1963 documentary short film The House is Black. This information has been in the article for several years, almost since the article was first created, and was added by User:Helohe. It seems to me however, that this information is inaccurate. According to this article [1], published by the Scientific Information Database, the colony featured in The House is Black is actually Bababaghi Leprosarium (which appears to have its own separate Wikipedia article - Bababaghi Hospice). Oddly enough, the Behkadeh Raji Wikipedia article currently includes a photo of Bababaghi colony, also added by Helohe. Helohe has been inactive on Wikipedia since last year, so unfortunately, he may not be able to tell us exactly why he made these addtions. If I were to guess though, I would say that he probably mistook Behkadeh Raji and Bababaghi as being two distinct names for the same location. It is made quite clear however, by the Scientific Information Database, that these are two separate colonies. Bababaghi Leprosarium was established in 1933 and is located in East Azerbaijan Province, 12 kilometers from Tabriz; Behkadeh Raji was established in 1961 and is located in Khorasan Province, near Birjand. Admittedly, I have never been to Iran, do not know Persian, and have no familiarity with either of these colonies, aside from having seen The House is Black. So it would be good for someone with more knowledge of the topic to get involved. In the meantime though, I will remove the incorrect information and the photo of Bababaghi from this article. --Jpcase (talk) 23:34, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
-- I do not remember where I got the information from. If I remember correctly it was from a leaflet that was handed out when I saw a screening of the film once. But the information may be completely inaccurate. Feel free to change it. I would trust the scientific article more. --helohe (talk) 19:54, 22 October 2018 (UTC)