Baraka

Phases of Society Baraka, a film directed in 1992 by Ron Fricke, depicts the overall phases of society. He displays multiple people and things that play a role into making a society successful. He does this by focusing on religion, nature, and different ethnicities. Throughout the film, no language is incorporated, only music. Fricke exhibits a spiritual, natural earth instead of an automated humanity. “Baraka”, an ancient Sufi word with forms in many languages, translates as a blessing, or as

Edgar Gaxiola Professor Michael Davidson LTEN 175B September 4, 2015 Amiri Baraka Violent Language and Rhetoric Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry. His political stance and his aesthetic interests were shaped very early by a desire for black cultural independence, and for greater recognition of the historical contribution of blacks to all American culture (Osterndorf). His poems are striking for their venomous language and

Interpretation of Dutchman Baraka was born on October 7, 1934. He graduated from high school at the age of 15. Soon after, he attended Rutgers University, thanks to a science scholarship. Once a year went by, he transferred to Howard University and eventually received a B.A. in English in 1954. After college, he served in the Air Force for several years. Upon returning home, “Baraka moved to Greenwich Village and plunged into a bohemian lifestyle that was influenced by the aesthetic protests of

their own views tainted by the opinion of others. Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones, wrote about the negative sides to having white critics write on Jazz. This is important because in his writing Jones discussed music critics not understanding the true meaning of the song. Amiri Baraka’s theory of music critics is correct because it sheds light on how music critics have had a hand in changing Jazz. In his writing Black Music, Amiri Baraka feels as the Jazz critics are missing the true meaning

play itself. This play and the author, Amiri Baraka, are sending powerful messages through the text that can clearly be identified using the lens of postmodernism. He uses the characters in this play to depict different themes. For example, Clay is the

The movie Baraka was released in the year 1992. Baraka is a non-narrative documentary. This means that there is no narrator speaking while the movie is played. The documentary Baraka demonstrates people of different cultures, religions, races, places, animals, and exotic places from all over the globe. Baraka was directed and photographed by Ron Fricke; he is an American film director. The purpose of Baraka is to show people how native lifestyles are being destroyed with modern-day technology.

Samsara is a film that takes you on a visual tour of countless extravagant places in the world. Samsara is an extremely unique film, because it showcases a plethora of different cultures, people, and landscapes, and seasons. Ron Fricke the director of the film wants us to be aware of all the things that are going around us. Fricke wants to emphasize avoiding all political correctness and views. I think that is the overall theme of this film is to show the viewers that we do not need the hustle bustle

alienation/imprisonment, and a devastating psychic loneliness. Question: How does the subject presented in Bob Kaufman and Amiri Barak’s poetry polarize a shift in American Culture and thus redefine what it means to be an American. Bob Kaufman and Amiri Baraka as poet-activists drew influence from William Blake and Arthur Rimbaud by adopting and building on their poetic techniques of self-mythologization and self-othering. It is important to analyze these foundations because as Maria Damon

(Sobchack 282) states, “Films, after all, are primary texts and it is the ability to read them which is crucial”. Through Film we are also able to experience different cultures and lifestyles that would otherwise stay unknown to us. We get to feel what the characters are feeling and experiencing and watch as they handle situations arise within the movie giving the viewer a chance to study them. We are able to understand history through film, viewing movies from past time to gather understanding

suffering from the violence and substance abuse in their towns today, as reflected in the film “Boys of Baraka”. This film focuses on four young African American boys and their families from an inner city in Baltimore; Richard and brother Romash, Devon, and Montrey. As a result of the lack of discipline and an increased violence rate, these African American boys are suffering education-wise. Luckily, the Baraka School in Africa was designed for these children and gave them hope of bettering their lives as