Baraka · 20:00–50:00

A viewing assignment · Ron Fricke · 1992

BARAKA

Look closely. Notice the patterns.

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Watch 20:00–50:00 using your class copy of the film. Follow the questions in order and stop at 50:00. Choose one option for each multiple-choice question. Use one word from the word bank for each blank.

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Landscapes, communities & change

Word bank · Questions 2 & 4: paint / waterfalls / glass / traffic

01What stands out in the Australian landscape?

02In the community scenes, people decorate their bodies with
.

03What are groups of people shown doing during outdoor ceremonies?

04The film shows powerful
where water drops over cliffs.

05What happens to a large tree in the rainforest?

06Which other human alteration of the landscape is shown?

07What do the city housing shots show?

Cities, work & movement

Word bank · Questions 8 & 12: boats / cigarettes / shoes / chicks

08Workers roll and arrange
in a factory.

09How does the monk move through the busy city?

10How do the time-lapse shots make traffic and crowds appear to move?

11What pattern of work appears in the later factory scenes?

12At the farm, small yellow
move along conveyor belts.

13What visual similarity links the crowds and the chicks?

14How does this section mainly communicate ideas?