Category: Cinema

Bara­ka, a Sufi word some­where in the neigh­bor­hood of “bless­ing” is vest­ed with just about as much mean­ing as arete. So when I checked out Bara­ka [tons of screen­shots] from the library, I expect­ed a com­pli­cat­ed movie. It is com­pli­cat­ed in the fact that it is and isn’t com­pli­cat­ed.
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