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Baraka (1992)

Baraka poster
Directed by
Ron Fricke
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 691 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film moves through locations around the world to show natural landscapes, human rituals, and industrial life. It has no story or dialogue, only images and music.

contemplativemeditativevisually lushexpansivewordlesshypnoticglobaltimeless

What happens

Baraka is a 1992 American non-narrative documentary film directed by Ron Fricke. It was photographed in the 70 mm Todd-AO format, and is the first film ever to be restored and scanned at 8K resolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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