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Baraka

A world beyond words.

1992 · 1h 37m · Not Rated Documentary
Directed by Ron Fricke

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Overview

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.

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85%
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Rotten

The film's one-world thesis is asserted but never made convincing, as Fricke zigzags from the Western Wall to whirling dervishes to the Grand Mosque of Mecca in a superficial gloss on faith (and everything else).

Fred Camper, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Any one sequence might work powerfully in its own right, but string them together with a musical overlay and the banality of the connections becomes apparent.

Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh

The form is ravishing, though the content suffers by comparison.

Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

It is claimed that the great age of travel is dead - that there are no longer amazing, exotic, beautiful and fearsome places for the traveler to discover. A movie like Baraka gives hope.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Nothing in this epic visual poem is less than extraordinary.

Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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