At this time every year, Cinestudio shows Baraka, a 96-minute film that spans six continents, 24 countries, and does not have dialogue or a plot.
The Spirit of Baraka website describes the film:
Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, Whirling Dervishes, a solar eclipse, Buddhist monks, African tribal rituals, Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, rain forests, Ayers Rock, Big Sur country, Hawaiian volcanoes, Brazilian slums, time-lapse footage of car and pedestrian traffic, post-Persian Gulf War shots of Kuwait’s burning oil fields, burning-of-the-dead ceremonies on the Ganges, refuse dumps of Calcutta, Auschwitz, Egyptian Pyramids, Angkor Wat, Mount Everest, Tuol Sleng in Cambodia, Indonesian factory workers.
It will be playing at Cinestudio through December 23rd.
I recommend visiting the Spirit of Baraka website after viewing the film, as there are images from it and explanations of where different segments were shot.
AmyBergquist
Going to see this on the 23rd and looking forward to it.