Baraka or berakhah means the spiritual wisdom and blessing transmitted from God in Arabic Islam world, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony in Judaism or "breath of life" in a Sufi context.
As the documentary begins, a lone snow monkey sits in the middle of a hot spring. When it looks up at the stars, then closes its eyes, shutting itself off from the surroundings, I sense my own inner longing for the infinite, start to meditate and ponder the world.
Using speeded-up images of hectic big city life with its homelessness and deprivation, interspersed with mountain vistas and forests, Ron Fricke leads us through the edge of a burning volcano in Hawaii, the Holy Church in Jerusalem, Ryo An Ji in Kyoto, Lake Natron in Tanzania, and the fire plains of Kuwait after the Gulf War.
A visual Odyssey, a wordless revelation on our world is this work!
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