Discarding traditional documentary structures and narrative concerns, Baraka is a wordless tone poem depicting man caught between the poles of modernity and nature.

A response to Godfrey Reggio’s classic documentary Koyaanisqatsi (on which Fricke served as cinematographer), Baraka attempts to find harmony in a life out of balance, illustrating how man and nature have coexisted before – and still can today. 

Shot across twenty-four countries on vibrant 70mm film, Baraka takes the audience through St. Peter’s Basilica, Iguazu Falls, the Pyramids of Giza, Mount Everest, and more, weaving complex visual associations between distinct cultures and landforms in search of universal truth. Producer Mark Magidson called it “the ultimate nonverbal film in the ultimate format,” and there’s no better way to see it than on a big screen.