If we have a soul, Baraka may well have captured it. Using stunning, Earth-roaming photography projected alongside a haunting sonic landscape, interposed with raw, intimate shots of individuals, with visual juxtapositions that capture the paradoxes of humanity, Baraka is a multidimensional, almost sculptural love letter to mankind. 27 years after its first screening, this film still has the power to take your breath away, and inspire you to not take the world we have for granted. Although elements of Baraka are arguably contrived, so too is every great endeavour mankind has undertaken. The artistry is in the contrivance, in finding the common rhythms of our world, the resonances and the contrasts. This 20th Century work will be moving people well into the 22nd century, if people are still here to appreciate it.
Review of Baraka
