Arthaven Gallery presents
“BARAKA: The Film”
A visual essay on the relationship between man and the Earth
“BARAKA: The Film”
A visual essay on the relationship between man and the Earth
A Fair Trade Awareness & Fundraiser for The ATE Project (Irish People working together with Peruvians in the slums of Lima)
Friday 23rd March @ 8pm/ Tickets €20 incl. glass of wine
Baraka (1992) is an experimental documentary film directed by Ron Fricke, cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi, the first of the Qatsi films by Godfrey Reggio. The title Baraka is a word that means blessing in many different languages. The score provided by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard (from Dead Can Dance) and Michael Stearns. Baraka's subject matter includes footage of various landscapes, churches, ruins, religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life, filmed using time-lapse photography in order to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarms in daily activity. The film also features a number of long tracking shots through various settings, including one through former concentration camps in Europe and Tuol Sleng (in Cambodia) turned into museums honoring their victims: over photos of the people involved, past skulls stacked in a room, to a spread of bones. The movie was filmed in 70 mm Todd-AO in 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. It contains no dialogue. Instead of a linear plot, the film uses themes to present new perspectives and evoke emotion. A sequel to Baraka, Samsara, is currently in production and expected to be released in 2007.
In addition to the screening of Baraka, we are proud to host Fair Trade Cork and recently released The Peoples Republic of Cork Fair Trade T- shirts. See side panel for further details.
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