Baraka

Directors: Ron Fricke
Year: 1992

BARAKA is a non-verbal cinematic meditation on the earth, an exploration of the natural beauty of places, of human spirituality, of birth, life and death, and man’s own capacity for destruction. Director Ron Fricke states, “BARAKA is a journey of rediscovery that plunges into nature, into history, into the human spirit, and finally into the realm of the infinite.”

Three years in the making, including a 14-month period of intensive location shooting, BARAKA takes the viewer on an unforgettable journey to 24 countries. The imagery is as varied as life itself. From the unspeakable horror of raging oil fires in Kuwait during the final days of the Gulf War to the contemplative beauty of a lone Tibetan Monk deep in meditative prayer. We see the inquisitive gaze of a Kayapo boy peering out of the Amazon jungle and the cold stares of armed Cambodian soldiers guarding a munitions storage area.

Comments: Simply amazing.

Highly Recommended.