Movie
Baraka
Overview
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-09-15
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Magidson Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Patrick Disanto as Journeyman (uncredited)
Crew
- Ron Fricke - Director
- Constantine Nicholas - Writer
- Genevieve Nicholas - Writer
- Ron Fricke - Writer
- Mark Magidson - Writer
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