name after a Sufi word that translate approximately as “breath of life” or “approval,” Imamu Amiri Baraka is Ron Fricke’s impressive followup to Godfrey Reggio’s non-verbal documental movie Koyaanisqatsi. Fricke was cinematographer and confederate on Reggio’s movie, and for Imamu Amiri Baraka he strike out on his own to smooth and spread out the photographic technique use on Koyaanisqatsi.