Baraka

Baraka (1992)

Timing: 1:37 (97 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

1992-09-15

Country

United States

Production

Magidson Films

Genre

Documentary

Budget

$2 000 000

Revenue

$1 332 110

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Director

Ron Fricke

Actors

Patrick Disanto
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Scenario

Ron Fricke, Constantine Nicholas

Producer

Mark Magidson, Alton Walpole

Operator

Ron Fricke

Composer

Michael Stearns

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson, David Aubrey
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• Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, along with a team of three, spent 14 months traveling to 24 countries to film this amazing movie.
• The film was shot using a very expensive, large-format TODD-AO 70mm camera. For this, Ron Fricke created a special computer system that allowed him to capture incredible, time-stretched shots.
• Baraka is an ancient Persian word meaning “blessing” or “beatitude”.
• The first film with 8,000 resolution, made from the original 65mm negative. At the time of filming, there was only one scanner in the world capable of such capture.
• Director Ron Fricke invented a special camera for filming this movie because he found IMAX cameras too cumbersome.
• In the end credits, in the list of filming locations, Vatican City is listed as a location in Italy. In reality, it is a separate state, even though Vatican City is entirely within Italy.
• Baraka is an ancient Persian word meaning "good deed," "bliss."