Baraka

Baraka is a purely cinematic film directed by cinematographer Ron Fricke.
Baraka depicts footage of various landscapes, chruches, ruins,religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life. Baraka was filmed using time-lapse photography inorder to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarmsn in daily activity.
Baraka searches for a universal cultural perspective: for instance, following a shot of an elaborate tatto on a bathing Japanese mobster with on of Native Australian tribal paint.
The movie was filmed at 152 locations of 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chine, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States of America.

Here are some scenes from the movie...