Baraka (1992)
Baraka is a 1992 documentary movie directed by Ron Fricke, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Patrick Disanto.
No words, no narration, just the world seen whole. Ron Fricke, cinematographer of Koyaanisqatsi, spent months across two dozen countries shooting on 70mm film: monks and monkeys, factories and funerals, deserts, cities, and stars wheeling overhead. The images are cut to music and left to speak for themselves, moving from ancient ritual to modern rush and back to open sky. It asks nothing of you but attention. Slow, huge, and often overwhelming, it works best on the biggest screen you can find.
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What is Baraka about?
No words, no narration, just the world seen whole. Ron Fricke, cinematographer of Koyaanisqatsi, spent months across two dozen countries shooting on 70mm film: monks and monkeys, factories and funerals, deserts, cities, and stars wheeling overhead. The images are cut to music and left to speak for themselves, moving from ancient ritual to modern rush and back to open sky. It asks nothing of you but attention. Slow, huge, and often overwhelming, it works best on the biggest screen you can find.
When was Baraka released?
Baraka was released on 15 September 1992.
How long is Baraka?
Baraka runs 1h 37m.
Who made Baraka?
Baraka was directed by Ron Fricke.
Where can I watch Baraka?
Baraka is available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fandango at Home Free, Plex and The Roku Channel.
Where to watch Baraka
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Watch free with ads: Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fandango at Home Free, Plex, The Roku Channel, Tubi TV
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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If it leaves you wanting more of the whole planet at once, One Strange Rock and Surviving Earth carry the same wide-angle awe to television, trading Baraka's silence for narration but keeping the sense of Earth as one strange, fragile system.
Wordless, planet-scale nature and space documentaries
Baraka shows the world whole, no narration, images cut to music across two dozen countries. These documentary series chase the same awe at planet scale: One Strange Rock, Our Universe, Surviving Earth, the wildlife of Animal and the long-running wonder of Universum, all picture and music over explanation.
Quiet, meditative documentaries about places and people
Beyond the grand vistas, Baraka simply watches: rituals, faces, ordinary work, patient and unhurried. These quiet documentaries share that observational calm, wandering through small journeys and towns in Chiisana Tabi, Hometown Stories and Shin Nihon Fudoki, and the far-flung dispatches of 360 Reportage.