SPECIAL EARTH DAY SCREENING

Baraka

“...bar-raising visuals ... yielding an experience much like living, breathing pages out of National Geographic."
- Chris Chiarella, Big Picture Big Sound

“Nothing in this epic visual poem is less than extraordinary.”
- Hal Hinson, Washington Post

“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.”
- Chicago Sun-Times

SYNOPSIS: Originally shot in 25 countries on six continents, BARAKA brought together a series of stunningly photographed scenes to capture what director Ron Fricke calls "a guided mediation on humanity." It was a shoot of unprecedented technical, logistical and bureaucratic scope that would take 30 months to complete, including 14 months on location, with a custom-built computerized 65mm camera.

"The goal of the film," says producer Mark Magidson, "was to reach past language. nationality, religion and politics and speak to the inner viewer."