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	Baraka Summary
		Baraka (or Barakah) is a term referring to a sense of divine presence, charisma, wisdom, and/or blessing transmitted from master to pupil.
		Baraka is a barangay in the Norzagaray municipality, in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.
		Baraka is a village in the eastern congolese province of Sud-Kivu on the Lake Tanganyika.
	www.bookrags.com /Baraka (652 words)

	Baraka (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baraka (1992) is an experimental documentary film directed by Ron Fricke, cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi, the first of the Qatsi films by Godfrey Reggio.
		Often compared to Koyaanisqatsi, Baraka's subject matter is in fact similar--including footage of various landscapes, churches, ruins, religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life, during which the frames are sped up to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarms in daily activity.
		The film also features a number of long tracking shots through various settings, including ones through former concentration camps Auschwitz and Tuol Sleng turned into museums honoring their victims: over photos of the people involved, past skulls stacked in a room, to a spread of bones.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baraka_(movie) (370 words)

	Baraka (Philosophical Films)
		Baraka follows in the tradition of the groundbreaking nonverbal film Koyaanisqatsi (1983), directed Godfrey Reggio, of which Fricke was the cinematographer.
		The film moves towards its redemptive theme with the depiction of the ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia, which is overgrown with enormous tree roots.
		Baraka was a movie what had no verbal description, with this in mind the movie does allow the watcher to question and make their own judgments of what the meaning of the movie was to them.
	www.philfilms.utm.edu /1/baraka.htm (2063 words)

	'Baraka'
		The film's curious, gliding camera (Fricke serves as his own cinematographer), Michael Stearns's eclectic, ethnic score, the slow, silken rhythms of the editing, the choice of subject and location, all these things contribute to the movie's spell.
		The film allows us to see the actual interconnectedness of all things in the world, and to appreciate its patterns and symmetries and its innate sense of balance and proportion.
		Fricke has said that "Baraka" was intended to be "a journey of rediscovery that plunges into nature, into history, into the human spirit and finally into the realm of the infinite." And miraculously, his bold intentions were realized.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/barakanrhinson_a0a88a.htm (529 words)

	Reaction to the film Baraka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Baraka is a visual spectacle for the human eyes.
		As the film progresses these images are replaced with horror scenes of modern civilization, death camps in Germany, the result of genocide in Cambodia, homelessness and slums in Brazil, people in India scavenging through landfills to survive.
		The film is also a reminder of the damage and suffering that we have done not only to our planet, but to ourselves.
	www.neiu.edu /~rcsmith/baraka_reaction.html (743 words)

	P.O.V. - The Boys of Baraka . Film Synopsis \| PBS
		In this case, they are told early on that they face three stark "dress" options by their 18th birthdays — prison orange, a suit in a box, or a high school cap and gown.
		Founded by the private Abell Foundation in 1996, the Baraka School — "baraka" means "blessing" in Kiswahili, the native spoken language of eastern Africa — was designed to give "at-risk" African- American boys from Baltimore a chance to learn academically and grow personally in an environment far removed from their troubled neighborhoods.
		In "The Boys of Baraka," the filmmakers have crafted the vérité tale of the Baraka class, including Devon, Montrey, Richard and Romesh, that left for Kenya in September 2002 for the first of two years of schooling, corresponding to the seventh and eighth grades.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov2006/boysofbaraka/about.html (1105 words)

	DVD Review - Baraka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I was very intrigued by the pictures from the film that came with the press material and the adventurous description of this film that takes you around the world.
		Then they set about to capture their often majestic magic on film, to show the world, how unique and poetic these locations are.
		The film takes you into the jungle of Borneo, to the streets Kalkutta’s, over the burning oil fields in Kuwait, into the Peruvian jungle, the Himalayas, the desert of Australia and right into the busy heart of Hong Kong.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/baraka.shtml (678 words)

	Satya Aug 00: Baraka: Interview with Mark Magidson
		In 1992 the remarkable film, Baraka, was released to critical acclaim and audience approval.
		Filmed on location in 24 countries, Baraka is a "wordless" meditation on the earth, an exploration of the natural beauty of places, of creaturely experience, of human spirituality, of birth, life and death, and of suffering and prayer.
		Baraka: a Visual Journal is a collection of fl and white and color photographs from around the world, taken by Mark Magidson on location during the filming of Baraka.
	www.satyamag.com /aug00/magidson.html (1750 words)

	Baraka Movie
		Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop, a crowded cigarette factory or a busy crossroad somewhere in the US.
		The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language.
		Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and...
	www.dickran.net /arts/baraka.html (372 words)

	DVD Review: Baraka: New Edition
		Traveling to places that are still wild and not overshadowed by civilization, we are lead into the middle of tribes to watch their daily lives or into the middle of mountainous areas to watch the beauty of the scenery.
		The film's lack of narration actually helps; with the film's masterful editing, the images still manage to deliver the message in a delicate and effective way.
		While "Baraka" does often focus on nature, the surrounds do tend to offer the film's marvelous score instead of ambient sounds or other touches, although there are a few remarkable exceptions where sounds do nicely come from the rear speakers.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews4/barakanewdvd.html (715 words)

	Film Review: The Boys Of Baraka
		We are introduced to several children, including Devon, a 12-year-old wannabe preacher, who mostly lives with Gran because of his mum's on/off relationship with substance abuse, Richard, 13, and his younger brother Romesh, whose dad is in jail and whose mum is struggling, and 12-year-old Montrey, who thinks violence is frequently the easiest answer.
		The Baraka School is an easy sell to parents who just want their kids to get on, stay alive and keep their noses clean.
		Life-affirming and devastating, this is an eye-opening film, offering a childhood insight, reminiscent of the documentary Spellbound, but with far higher stakes than a simple spelling bee.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/b/boys_of_baraka_2005.shtml (414 words)

	IMDb user comments for Baraka (1992) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		With the theme of man's diversity and his impact upon the environment, Baraka is a documentary photographed on six continents in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Nepal, the U.S. and Europe.
		As the film progresses, we see the edge of a volcano in Hawaii, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the Ryoan-Ji temple in Kyoto, Lake Natron in Tanzania, and the fire plains of Kuwait, their oil fires burning after the 1991 Gulf War.
		This film allowed me to see things I never knew existed, and to glimpse patterns of interconnectedness and a sense of balance and proportion in the world I was barely aware of.
	amazon.imdb.com /CommentsShow/ASIN=B00001ZWBP?0103767 (1653 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Baraka
		This is a film that gazes with such awe at the mystery of life on earth that it seems almost childlike and yet does it in a way so purely cinematic that it can only come from the hands of a wizened master.
		Baraka (a Sufi word for “blessing”, “the essence of life” and a hundred other synonyms) is 96 minutes long and completely wordless.
		Films like this can be downright overwhelming so naturally I left Baraka feeling like my own life of laundry and peanut butter meant much less than that of the snow monkey.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/1a20e387c8fabe4a88256c1600620071?OpenDocument (641 words)

	Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - New York 2005 - Film Descriptions
		The Boys of Baraka zeros in on kids that society has given up on—boys with every disadvantage but who refuse to be cast off as “throw-aways.” Funding for this film was provided by ITVS and P.O.V/ American Documentary, Inc. Opening theatrically at Film Forum http://www.filmforum.com, NYC in Fall 2005.
		The film cuts between scenes of hearings and images shot outside the closed world (in the detention centre, at some of the characters’ homes), linking the courtroom with the society of which it is part and showing its impact on people’s lives.
		Filming becomes her way of dealing with the suddenness of the family’s changed reality, and a way of re-visiting the haunting images of the bomb site—a place of both horror and hope.
	hrw.org /iff/2005/ny/films.html (4598 words)

	DVD Times - Baraka
		The word Baraka is of Sufi origin and means ‘blessing’ or ‘breath of life’ in a number of languages.
		While this is close to the themes of Powaqqatsi, Baraka delves much further into human misery than either that or Koyaanisqatsi, with scenes of walls filled with photographs of those who died in Auschwitz and collections of skulls from the Cambodian killing-fields.
		The film is presented in the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, anamorphically enhanced for 16x9 TVs.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3553 (814 words)

	Ron Fricke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer.
		Notable among his achievements is the completion of his film Baraka and his work as the director of photography of Koyaanisqatsi.
		He is currently directing a sequel to Baraka, Samsara, that is expected to be released in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Fricke (131 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: BARAKA review
		Visual Art movies however - and Baraka might be considered the state-of-the-Visual-Art movie - are something distinctively different, omitting dialogue and narration and relying instead on a combination of imagery and music to provoke feelings and awareness among the spectators.
		When I had the privilege of watching BARAKA in a THX movie theatre, I felt the experience to be truly narcotizing and could hardly handle the overload of imagery and emotions.
		There is a little but noticeable jittering in the picture (poor transfer from film to tape) but most annoying are the motion artifacts during vertical and horizontal panning, best noticeable in the beginning of the movie showing Himalayan mountains.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_2/baraka.htm (956 words)

	Celebrates nonverbal films like Baraka, Samsara, Koyaanisqatsi, Microcosmos, Winged Migration, Naqoyqatsi, Chronos
		Baraka (1992) is a film containing images of landscapes, cultures, monuments and people from around the world.
		Koyaanisqatsi (1983) was the first film in the nonverbal genre, and remains one of the most popular.
		The Spirit of Baraka web site was created to inform people of the existence and availability of these incredible film and to highlight the amazing work of everyone involved.
	www.spiritofbaraka.com (794 words)

	ESPN.com - RECRUITING - Baraka could star at RB, WR or DB
		When I first saw Baraka on film back in April, I was amazed at his explosive speed, balance and great football sense, not only on offense but also on defense.
		His film shows a natural runner who is quick to the hole and can cut on a dime.
		I consider Baraka to be the state's top punt and kickoff returner; as a junior he returned three punts and one kickoff for scores.
	espn.go.com /recruiting/s/baraka.html (632 words)

	Baraka
		That film, whose title is a Hopi word for "Life Out of Balance," contrasted the serene natural wonders of America with its hustling, bustling industry, without narration or plot, using only gorgeously photographed, fleeting images set to a driving, mesmerizing Philip Glass score.
		Fricke's "Baraka" — the title, an ancient Sufi word, loosely translates as "The Breath of Life" — is apparently intended to counterbalance Reggio's work, showing how the human race and life itself are tied to the earth.
		Ironically, many moments in Fricke's film actually seem to take Reggio's point of view, illustrating contrasts between such natural wonders as racing waterfalls, gentle clouds or animals roaming free in the jungle with the oil fires in Kuwait, burning landfills in Calcutta and the remains of human incinerators at Auschwitz.
	deseretnews.com /movies/reviews/ip0u45jw.htm (512 words)

	Baraka (1992) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But to call the film the equivalent of Muzak is definitely being unkind, as there is far more to this film than just providing some occasionally nice background images.
		Film artefacts were not a significant problem in the transfer.
		Whilst one could argue about why a Pan and Scan version of the film is needed since the film was obviously filmed with widescreen firmly in mind, this is an eminently sensible solution to having two versions of the film on the one DVD.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=225 (2029 words)

	Hyperreal § Korova Multimedia BARAKA
		Baraka, named after a Sufi word for "the breath of life," is the result of that seven-year endeavor.
		Fricke uses the three senses that film appeals to (sight, sound, time) to suggest that which is extra-sensory.
		A blend of source music and his own sweeping space music, the score is the narration of the film, the whisper in your ear and the scream across the chasm.
	music.hyperreal.org /reviews/korova/kmr5034.htm (997 words)

	Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - Arts and Entertainment
		Among Magidson's films is "Baraka," a film he co-produced and co-edited.
		The dialogueless 1992 film, which aims to be nothing less than a visual and sonic survey of planet Earth, has become one of the most continually appealing of cult-status films.
		Impressed by "Baraka," the members of Dead Can Dance asked Magidson to direct their 1994 concert film, "Toward the Within." Magidson was glad to help and found it quite a different experience from his earlier film.
	www.aspentimes.com /article/20041224/AE/112240005 (826 words)

	Cinema Eye: The Boys of Baraka
		But the directors pull a fast one after half the film with a twist in the plot, a result of unforeseen circumstances in real life.
		BOYS OF BARAKA seems to contain unrelated segments like the base camp school method of settling a fight or the incident where a boy steals the gym keys from a teacher.
		THE BOYS OF BARAKA is not spectacular nor is it especially informative but still the charm of the boys make up what the documentary lacks in terms of content.
	www.cinemaeye.com /index/reviews/rev_more/1990 (357 words)

	sfweekly.com\| News\| Nowhere Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There is much to marvel at, considering the questions the film raises about identity and personality.
		One of the most delightful aspects of the film is watching Bruce experience the world anew.
		As director Murray puts it, "Doug now [sees] the world with the eyes of a newborn baby, but appreciate[s] it with the mind of an adult." Bruce describes eating chocolate mousse "for the first time" and tasting a strawberry, and what it's like to see and touch snow or watch and hear firecrackers.
	www.sfweekly.com /issues/current/film_toc.html (806 words)

	Past Events and Activities - South Bay Camera Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The film will be displayed using the clubs digital video projector on the big screen along with Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound to enhance the experience.
		This is truly an amazing film, shot on 6 continents in 24 countries around the world, some of which many of you have visited in your travels.
		Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountain top, a crowded cigarette factory or a busy crossroad somewhere in the US.
	www.sbccphoto.org /Show_Past_Events.asp?ID=4 (467 words)

	Ottawa XPress - Film - Movie details - Baraka
		Baraka is a stunning kaleidescope of breathtaking imagery and beautiful music exploring the evolution of the earth.
		Baraka is an ode to earth, its inhabitants, and the impact of their actions.
		I had no idea that this film existed until I was at a friend's place and someone requested this film be put in the DVD player.
	www.ottawaxpress.ca /film/movie.aspx?iIDFilm=2278 (978 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Baraka: CE (1992)
		Baraka, produced almost a decade later, shares many of the stylings of the earlier work, but builds on the complexity of long, time lapse sequences, aided by more modern computer-controlled cranes.
		Capturing scenes and images from around the globe, Baraka is an assault on the senses, creating a visual palette of textures, straining the imagination with its richness of color and sense of depth, and ethereal segments in which movement and time are distilled through time lapse, slow motion or arial photography.
		The soundtrack is integral to the film's impact, as it sets the tone for the visuals at all times, immersing the viewer in an aural landscape.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=1904 (1097 words)

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