Samsara in the best movie in the world – El Diario

Baraka’s new documentary Filmed over five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, Samsara is a non-fiction film, written by directors Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, that relates to the acclaimed 1992 film Baraka, which was also directed by Fricke and produced Magidson.
The film will be shown on Saturday, December 2 in the Bolivian Cinema, at 7 pm, in a session called “The Best Film in the World” and Eduardo Forno will be invited to comment on the documentary.
Samsara is a Sanskrit word meaning “world” or “cyclical existence,” but it is often used to describe global activities. According to Frick himself, the film delves into his favorite subject: humanity’s relationship with immortality.
This work was shot on 70mm film using a Panavision System 65 and uses music to drive the story.
Fricke became known as director of photography for the highly influential film Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio, in 1982 (a wordless musical with one of Philip Glass’s most catchy soundtracks).

summary
Samsara provokes a quiet reflection full of lyricism and pessimism that reveals the relationship between humans and their planet. The director chooses to show the conflict between tradition and modernity, and the faith and hope of people in the face of the misfortunes that befall them, but he does not forget other aspects such as the “shyness” of the masses, and the speed of life in the world. Big City contrasts with the quiet spirituality, the sense of individual importance, the architectural artificiality of big cities and the aggravated consumerism of capitalism’s most outrageous inhabitants.
Freak’s entire filmography is a true delight for the senses of the viewer who is entranced by the absorbing and introspective photographic power of his images and the spiritual relaxation of his music.

Eduardo Forno
Biologist, conservationist, director of Conservation International in Bolivia and vice chairman of the Amazon Conservancy in the United States.
He has been leading Conservation International in Bolivia for 20 years, and is now Vice President of CI Bolivia, working for more than 35 years to conserve nature and biodiversity and address the climate crisis; From the state, NGOs, academia, private companies and international cooperation.
It has been involved in the creation of protected areas for more than 4 million hectares of diverse lands in Bolivia and in the titling of nearly 800,000 hectares of indigenous lands.
He has served as Deputy Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Director of the National Environment Fund, a professor at UMSA and a consultant to numerous international organizations, among other activities.
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