A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
Cinematography
Todd-AO 70mm that makes your eyeballs weep
Score
Michael Stearns sound design that replaces your heartbeat
Editing
Time-lapse sequences that compress centuries into seconds
Director
Ron Fricke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fricke spent 14 months in 24 countries shooting this; the 'baraka' title refers to divine blessings in Sufi tradition, though the film's spiritual scope is deliberately universal.
The time-lapse traffic scenes required custom computer-controlled cameras that Fricke and crew literally invented because existing tech couldn't handle it.
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