"A World Beyond Words"

"This feature contains no dialogue." Colour. 97 minutes. 1992. Photographed on 70mm film.
- - information from the video jacket.

Although Baraka' s director may not have intended that the film's audience be aware of the geographical location of the film's shots, it is natural for geographers to be curious about the location of the sites.

Baraka website

Reviews of BARAKA:

http://www.desnews.com/movies/reviews/ip0u45jw.htm

http://www.korova.com/kmr95/kmr5034.htm

Below is the list of where the shots were taken, according to the list given at the end of the credits. Putting these names into an internet locator should help locating these places.

By locating these sites and analyzing why Fricke chose them, geographers are 'deconstructing' the film (in a way that only geographers might want to do).

World Gazetteer

Where is it and How far is it?

Argentina:	Phenom Penh	(Kalashnath?) Temple	JVC Yokusuka Factory
Iguaçu Falls	Tuol Sieng Museum	Museum of India	Meiji Shrine
Australia:	Siem Reap	Madras	Nittaku
Bathhurst Island	Sonsam Kosal Killing Fields	Varanasi	Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo
Tiwi Tribe	China:	Vardharajan Temple	Zoujou-Ji Temple
Kakadu National Park	Beijing	Indonesia:	Kenya:
Jim Jim Falls	Tiananmen Squre	Bali	Masai Mara
Twin Falls	Great Hall of the People	Tampak Siring	Mara Rianta Manyatta
Kumawde Hwade Valley	Li River	Temple Gurung Kawi	Mara Kikwa Tembo Manyatta
Cooinda	Terra Cotta Warriors & Horses	Uluwatu	Lake Magadi
Uluru National Park	of Qin Shan Huang	Kediri Tambanan	Kuwait
Ayers Rock	Quillin	Tegal Allang	Ahmadi
Arizona	Xi'an	Mancan Padi	Burgan Field
Phoenix	Colorado	Java	Jehra Road - Mitla Ridge
American Express Corp	Mesa Verde National Park	Jakarta - Istiqlal Mosque	Nepal:
Tucson	Ecuador	Jogjakarta - Prambanan	Kathmandu
Davis Mtn Air Force Base	Galapagos Islands	Candi Perweara,	Bodnath
Aerospace Maintenance &	Guayaquil	Candi Nandi	Paspupati
Regeneration Centre	Barrio Mapasingue	Kediri	Swayambhu
Canyon de Chelley	Ciudad Blanca Cementario	Gudang Garam Cigarette Factory	Himalayas
White House	General de Guayaquil	Solo Sekaten Festival at the	Mount Everest
Peabody Coal Mine	Egypt:	Kasunanan Palace	Mount Tramserhu
Kit Peak National Observatory	Cairo	Borobudur	Bhakatapur
Brasil:	City of the Dead	Mount Bromo Valley	Hanuman Ghat
Rio de Janeiro	Luxor	Iran:	Durban Square
Ipanema	Pyramid of Gizha	Isfahan	New Mexico
Favela da Rocinha	Temple of Karnak	Emam Mosque	Shiprock
Carajas	Temple of Luxor	Persepolis	New York:
Animal Reserve	France	Shiraz	New York City
Al Ankre	Chartres	Shahcherach Mosque	World Trade Centre
Kayapo Village	Cathedral of Chartres	Israel:	Grand Central Terminal
Pôrto Velho	Reims	Jerusalem	Empire State Building
Rio Preto	Cathedral of Reims	Wailing Wall	Helmsley Building-230 Park Avenue
Samuel Dam & Lake	Hawaii	Church of the Holy Sepulchre	Stormville
Sao Paulo	Haleakea National Park	Italy	Greenhaven Correctional Facility
California:	Island of Hawaii	Vatican City	Poland:
Big Sur	Island of Maui	St. Peter Basilica	Auschwitz
Los Angeles	Kona	Japan:	Bytom
Oakland	Volcanoes National Park Puuvoo	Kyoto	Saudi Arabia
Cambodia	Hong Kong	Ryoan-Ji Temple	Mecca
Angkor	Kowloon	Nagano Springs	Tanzania:
Angkor Wat	India:	Snow Monkeys	Lake Natron
Angkor Thom	Calcutta	Yamanouchi	Thailand:
Bayon	City Landfill	Machi Town Office	Bangkok
Preak Khan	Ghats	Nara	Patpong
Ta Proum	Ganges River	Hokka-Ji Temple	Sol Cowboy
Tonle Omm Gate		Sansho-Ji Temple	Wat Arun
		Tokyo	Wat Suthat
		Green Plaza Capsule Hotel	Bang Pa-In,
		JRailways Shinjuku Station	Avuthana Province
			Turkey
			Istanbul
			Galata Mevlevi Temple
			Hala Sophia
			Utah:
			Arches National Park

18-Jul-98