TNG Movie Club: Baraka

Every week TNG recommends a film you may have missed. Last week we featured Blade Runner.

The above video is of the Kecak dance, a Bali tradition. Taken from the Hindu epic Ramayana, the dance tells the story of Prince Rama and his rescue of Princess Sita, who has been kidnapped by the evil King of Lanka. It is one of the many moments captured in the film Baraka (1992) which takes your breath away.

Baraka is a sufi word meaning "blessing." The film is just that. One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen, the film contains no dialogue, and no plot. Instead it relies on visual poetry to evoke the spirit and increasing speed of the human experience from our roots as tribal, nature-connected people to the highly organized and segmented society we have created for ourselves. Do yourself a favor and put it in your netflix queue.